It's Monday's (especially) ugly little sister, and June is almost here! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Parfums de Nicolaï Eau d'Été. I'm exhausted and it's cheering me right up.
Reminder: 6/3 will be Leap of Faith Friday — wear a scent you’ve never worn before with bonus points for a scent you haven’t read about and don’t know the notes for. Suggested by Eleebelle.
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: top image is Summer is burning in me (EXPLORED # 381) [cropped] by Sara at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m wearing another Nicolaï: Eau du Lude. I love Eau d’Eté, I’ve nearly drained my bottle, but fortunately I got a back up a while ago. Are you done redecorating?
Cousins!
I am done with the big stuff, thanks for asking, but tons of little things still to do, and waiting for delivery of various items & waiting for husband to finish his veg garden so he can do some electrical work, etc. Room will not be 100% finished until late June, but it looks so much better already that it’s making me quite happy despite the fact that every bone in my body is aching 🙂
Yay for progress! It’s a good feeling isnt it? 🙂
Yes! Have been planning & procrastinating this for ages. Maybe when it’s done I’ll tackle the bathroom, or maybe I’ll just rest for a few years, ha…
Oh wow that’s so satisfying! Congratulations! Hmmm I’m really envious. Maybe I need to think about doing something similar… (although principally what that means I want to do is a major declutter and then like, maybe do a fresh coat of paint 😉 )
The fresh coat of paint alone is so much more work than I ever remember!
I can’t even say it. I call it “the P word”, it is so heinous.
First night back at work after 4 weeks off that flew by!
Needed some comforting to cushion the back to work blow (and it’s cold out) so feeling cozy in Coromandel.
Long vacations are great, but always makes going back to work hard. Hope the Coromandel helps!
Four weeks – how lovely! Hope the reentry into the working world isn’t too rough.
Great choice for comfort. Enjoy!
Yum, you smell good. Sorry that your vacation had to end.
I’m wearing Figuier Ardent, which I suppose I could have worn on Friday. I read the name and mentally shrugged assuming that Atelier’s version of fig would be pretty literal and boring, but I really like the way the bergamot cuts the scritchy texture. It makes it much easier for me to wear fig when it has some contrast.
Interesting, I should try it again.
I can see how people get a deodorant note from the drydown. It isn’t that horrible Secret Powder Fresh spray note, more like Ban roll-on. A bit disappointing but not bad enough to doom it to the freebie pile. I’ll probably just keep topping it off because I really like the first couple of hours.
I remember thinking this was kind of fizzy and creamy to start in an interesting way, but right now I’ve only got a dabber sample and that aspect isn’t coming through.
I wouldn’t have tried it, but bought one of those little spray sampler tins at Sephora to give as a gift and then found a better gift and couldn’t resist keeping the handy little things around to test/stow in convenient places for emergency freshening. None of them last long so are great for days when I’m running errands and don’t wear perfume.
As part of the leap of faith, I have this sample of perfume oil, from a company called Lurk. I don’t know anything about it, notes or anything…
Smelled so light, a slight hint if floral and then faded fast. It was number AS 1 or something like that.
The name “Lurk” does give me pause, I must admit.
I know..such an odd name. I will be sampling all week. There is no names for the perfumes just letters and numbers
Tea for two – easing on back into the commute.
Great meditative scent for a commute.
Pour Homme (Bvlgari). Feels like Monday but I’m glad it is Tuesday! 🙂
Scored a “vintage” Zino Davidoff gift set yesterday at an antique mall for $3.78 (10% off $4.20, dealer discount which I didn’t ask for but happily accepted).
Wore some last night, smells fabulous, and my partner immediately said it is WAY too loud and I shouldn’t wear it around him. 🙁
Oh dear! But it’s such a fantastic bargain that keeping it for when he is not around still seems worth it.
Oh I’m definitely keeping it… 😉 I sprayed what I thought was a small amount, because I had never sampled it before.
This just proves that it takes someone else to tell you how strong a perfume is or how much sillage a fragrance has.
For sure!
I really like Eau d’Ete. I’m considering a larger decant of that one. Lasts pretty well for something so light.
This isn’t really a leap of faith since I tested it quickly a while back, but haven’t worn it out. So SOTD is Lubin Black Jade. It’s pretty and sheer and reminds me a bit of Marni.
Black Jade is lovely. I think the ingredients are of a higher quality than Marni but I can see your comparison. You smell elegant today!
Thanks and it is lovely, but it’s already MIA. Dabber sample. Not sure I need a full bottle, but the bottle is really pretty, too.
I have a 100ml bottle of Eau d’Ete that I love (but will never finish) if you want to swap, instead of purchase a decant. Email me through my user name!
Love Black Jade! I always spray high behind ears at the hair line. That helps me smell perfume all day as my hair moves. ????
Monday once again…..Sigh…… 🙂
Spent a lazy weekend with the kids and hubs, and enjoyed every minute. We visited Jarrell Plantation (a Civil War era cotton plantation), and then hit the neighborhood pool the rest of the time.
SOTD: Miami Glow….because I’m not quite ready to leave the pool behind! 🙂
Tuesday!!
LOL!!! Oh GOOD GRIEF!! It IS Tuesday!! Well…it sure feels like a Monday in the office!! HA HA HA 🙂
Hahaha yes in fairness it is the worst of all Monday/Tuesday worlds!
Except that tomorrow is Wednesday!!
Hahaha
Duel by Annick Goutal. This scent is more about black tea than about leather for me, but, be it as it may, it smells fantastic.
Yes it does!
Duel is lovely & interesting!
I discovered that one at the event Annick Goutal held at their store in New York a few weeks ago. Not sure why I hadn’t smelled it before, but it’s excellent.
Hmmm. Methinks I should try that one! I like tea scents that don’t go all sweet/spiced-chai.
It’s lovely and not a trace of chai spice.
Sounds delightful! This is going on my sample list, too.
I’m in Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile EDT today. Finished testing Le Galion Iris EDP yesterday (with grateful thanks to hajusuuri) and sprang for a full bottle online (at 50% off!). And to complete the iris theme, my Japanese butterfly irises are finally coming into bloom. I have maybe three times as many this year as last year, so I guess they’re happy where I put them. Yay!
Oh, and I want to be wherever that photo was taken – lovely!
Yeah, me too.
Irises are beautiful. Yay for happy plants!
Week, my tiara just got a little heavier 🙂
Indeed! 🙂
Continuing on with my Leap of Faith week I’m wearing 1804 from my Histoires de Parfums discover set. It was the first one in the box.
I like 1804… so fun and summery
George Sand. That’s my favourite of the library series and I love all of them. Will be a bigger fb when my little travel spray is done.
I can never remember the years assigned to them by HdP, but I love quite a few from that line and have a couple of FBs. See, that is a clever trick with numbers, I can’t even remember how many bottles I have.
SOTD = Diorissimo!
Outside temp =79
OOTD = navy and camel tunic, navy leggings, camel loafers.
TOTD was jasmine green tea with a little local raw honey. Now, at work, coffee.
Smashing????
Fantastic!
Aww, you guys! 😀
What has Tuesday ever done to you?! Why does Tuesday always have to be the ugly little sister?? Tuesday has her own identity! She’s her own day, and she doesn’t let any other day define her!
And on this magnificent, rainy Tuesday, I participated in Leap of Faith Week by putting on some Diptyque Oyedo, whose incredible burst of orange and citrus flew in the face of the miserable weather. Then it turned into creamsicles and I got hungry. It wasn’t that much of a leap of faith, though, because I have yet to meet a Diptyque I don’t like.
You smell great!
And ha, someone else here said it once in the comments and I appropriated it — I don’t really mind Tuesday, I just think it’s funny. But good for you for sticking up for Tuesdays 🙂
Oyedo is great, I love the citrus and earthy smell.
I am enjoying this leap of faith community project
Tuesday is really my Thursday this week because I am taking a few days off before working the weekend
When do you finally stop working permanently to stay home with the meatballs?
June 17th! YAY!
Hooray!
I love this comment. Also I think it was you who asked me about Floris a Rose for. It is rather beautiful which is really annoying as it was limited edition. A sort of pure rose which then becomes lifted by Darjeeling and grounded by the smallest touch of oud. I am rather hoping they will make it part of their main line!
It was me! That sounds magnificent–delicate and beautiful. I will hope so very much, too!
Olfactive Studio Ombre Indigo. The text on the box the sample came in was in French, so the only note I could understand was tuberose. Fortunately, I can’t smell any tuberose right now, and instead, I’m smelling a lovely, cool leather. Whether it’s cool enough for the heat and humidity here, however, is TBD.
Love this one. Not much tuberose on me either, just cool leather.
SOTD is Tom Ford’s Soleil Blanc, because I’m still in vacation mode, even though I had to go back to work:( This is lovely, very subtle floral suntan lotion like fragrance that is great for the office. Would buy a FB if I could afford to, but just had to redo downstairs because of a water heater flood, so no new fragrances for this summer.
You smelled like a very nice holiday! And hey there is always next year for a FB. No worries!
And back to the grind!
1) Gonna be very warm today- no make that HOT. Am in a combo of Eau Universalle sprayed all over and Tom Ford Grey Vetiver on the wrists and ankles.
2) Was up at the International Rose Test Gardens yesterday- and it was a perfect day! Every rose was in bloom and as a result the air smelled like heaven. It’s really amazing the differences in fragrances each rose can have!
3) ALSO: For the first smelled Carven’s Vetiver and got a sample. I first smelled this on a gentleman at the Portland Art Museum (who told me what he was wearing with a HUGE blush). I have to say, this vetiver is very sharp at first, and then it’s becomes very fresh and grounded and quite sexy indeed.
Oh, I may have to get my nose on that Vetiver! And I love the fact you spray your ankles! That never occurs to when I spritz on perfume since I usually go for belly area for potent scents or chest and nape of neck for less pushy perfumes. Thanks for the idea ????
Hey!~ no prob! It’s really nice to spray your ankles because the scent will rise as you walk!
We have a blooming rose bush in our yard that was already there, so I was looking on line to figure out what variety it is. Astounding how many varieties there are! It has no smell and the only info I still have is they’re pink and pretty.
Pretty and pink describes SO many roses! 😀
I wonder if it’s a hybrid variety since it doesn’t have any scent? I think I read that somewhere but could be all wet. 🙂
The ankle praying sounds sensible – I try but always seem to hold bottles at the wrong angle to get much out, will try again with more determination I think. The grey vetiver is so good and perfect for the heat. Enjoy.
I tried ankle praying once or twice, but my ankles were not improved so I quit.
😀 Hahha!
Oh crikey that will teach me to read more carefully what I have merrily written!
Hahaha!
😀
SOTD is a weird layering combo b/c my nose is out of wack! Kelly Caleche and a tad of Mille et Une Roses. Today the Kelly Caleche was pulling more leather than herbs and I needed to tinker with it. In hind sight, I should have just worn No 19! We’ll see how brave I’m feeling this week to try something I’ve never worn.
You are brave for layering
That combo makes sense to me, I prefer the EDP of Kelly Caleche to the EDT precisely because I want more rosiness to it–and even then, I could sometimes go for more!
I am trying my new bottle of No. 5 body oil for the first time – love it!
Oh, that does sound so nice.Enjoy!????
I sampled that a couple of weeks ago and didn’t hate it! That’s huge for me because I’ve always hated #5 in any iteration. I was tempted to buy just out of pure surprise! You smell great and I’m sure you have a lovely sheen from the oil????
I got some of that for a mother’s day present for myself. I love it too!
Pulled out two orange blossoms: Dilmun and Orangers en Fleurs. Oops! My unanticipated leap of faith was that I would love both but I don’t. I love the top notes of Dilmun, but two hours in my nose thinks there’s something in there that smells like the kind of chocolate bunnies found in pre-wrapped Easter baskets sold at the drug store. Waxy and kind of plasticky. Interesting, but I don’t want any more than my 3ml. Orangers en Fleurs is too bosomy, and lo and behold lurking within is my nemesis: tuberose.
I like ‘bosomy’. 😀
LOL! Great description. I’ve tried Orangers en Fleurs and do like it. It depends on my mood. Sometimes bosomy is good in a fragrance. 🙂
I did not care for Dilmun either. Haven’t tried OeF but I am sensitive to tuberose as well. I appreciate it from a far, but it always overwhelms me when I try to wear it. Sacrilege though it may be, Moon Bloom was horrifying.
Happy Tuesday Everyone! This is the last week of school, but first day back since the flood. We have had enough rain to last a lifetime!
My SOTD is an old friend. I’m wearing Ysatis by Givenchy. Its a comforting scent that calms me down a bit. I’m bracing myself for a crazy week!
My SOTD: Chanel No. 19 EDT layered over No.19 body lotion.
I just purchase the lotion last weekend.
I’m hoping this combination will work with today’s heat. It’s already 81 degrees here in New Orleans at 9:30 in the morning.
It’s a scorcher here already as well. You smell calm, cool, and collected ????
As busy as a Monday… har har.
It’s going to be quite warm out so I’m in Green Tea Jasmine by L’occitane.
At least it’ll be a short week.
Today is a recovery day for me, so I’m hanging out with Fred in Vetiver Extraordinaire. I’m low key and flying under the radar, running some errands and generally schleping about town with no specific goals in mind.
Other than coffee. I’m only on my first cup, and cup number two is a concrete goal in an otherwise shapeless day. Hats off to all you tea drinkers- I don’t know how you get by without a couple of cups of Joe in the morning.
Keep smelling fab, NSTer’s ????
I’m glad that you are hanging out with Fred 🙂
Fred and Joe 🙂
The duo will get you through most anything.
Indeed!
I had to look up who Joe was, but I’ve just managed to fill in this void in my knowledge. Reading perfume blogs is so educational 😉
I love shapeless days. Enjoy!
Me too ????
I am enjoying a cup of homemade chai.
As much as I love tea I do enjoy a good cappuccino
Chai!! ????
Also recovering–from a weeklong visit from West Coast daughter and granddaughter. It was a wonderful time, but too much noise. My g’daughter, 22, has many strong opinions and voices them just as strongly. Her voice is not as low-pitched as mine and daughter’s and seemed to reverberate in my head throughout the day. Sweet but intense like a BWF. IT’s hot but not humid and I haven’t been able to choose a perfume today. Something light and low-key.
Yes, a nice calm couple of days is just what you need to recharge! Calming perfumes really help calm the mind, too ????
Deva,I’m about to ask a dumb question…did I miss some Important News about a new male person in your life, or is “hanging out with Fred” a colloquial is that has passed me by? Everybody else seems to understand, but I don’t.
Fred =Frederic Malle
There you are! I did warn you it was a dumb question! I can be hopelessly literal-minded sometimes!
LOL it’s ok.. it took me a little bit to figure out who Fred was too.
Unless there’s something I missed, too 😉 And “hanging out with Fred” would make a good euphemism for something. My husband and an old college friend of his like to follow mundane, literal phrases with “IF you know what I mean…” to make them sound euphemistic or raunchy or something.
Not a dumb question. ElisaP is correct. “Fred” is Frederic Malle, and honestly, I would love to hang out with him in the real world, in person. I find him very yummy ????
I would too!
They would be lucky to spend time with you Deva. ????
Busy weekend with out of town guests. I am wearing L’Instant de Guérlain Millesime Iris, a blind buy gift from my husband.
How sweet!
It was! He knows my tastes and picks great gifts.
So hard to get back into it! Happy it’s Tuesday, however.
SOTD is La Chasse Aux Papillons.. light, sweet and just pretty.
Interesting project for Friday, hats off to those that are taking a ‘leap of faith’ all week.
I am!
Also ordered a sample of that delicious body oil you were wearing last week. And another oil as well
I ordered some more of that today too!
And I ordered a few perfumes.. vanilla smoke and the cacao
Her shipping is high, don’t you think?
Which other oil did you try?
I haven’t gotten it yet, but lets keep in touch and we can let each other know.
The other oil I order was Ancient Resins? Something like that. It was recommended on this blog by someone.
Her shipping is high, it comes fast though. I find the same day your order it ships out.
I like that! I love her packaging too.
Hey y’all. Hope you’re all well!
I’m wearing Bottega Veneta today from my relatively new bottle, and I’m slowly but surely getting my horribly delayed perfume gift packages out the door; the lovely lady who gave me her decant of this (which I quickly went through) is next. Feeling much more in control of things after a BLISSFUL weekend with the roommate gone. I cleaned and organized and fully enjoyed having my space to myself. Twenty-pound kitty is still with me and enduring semi-regular baby wipe baths, but my sweet mother gifted me with an air purifier which has been a lifesaver, along with regular doses of Alavert (which I find to be better than Claritin, personally). And I’ve asked his people if they can find another place for him to stay, so hopefully I will be able to breathe comfortably again soon.
Have you tried Zyrtec? It’s the only one that works for me without putting me to sleep!
Will have to give it a try. Thanks!
We use lots of Zyrtec in this household., including one of my cats who has skin allergies. Maybe he’s allergic to us, lol!
You give the cat people-Zyrtec? An entire tablet, or just a teeny piece of one? I guess the gel caps are out of the question.
Yes, slightly less than 1/2 a tab although half tab was the rec. It works wonders for him. I only give it occasionally. He gets really itchy in the Spring and Fall and scratches his ears until they bleed, poor guy. It’s the only thing that has helped.
Have you tried Flonase for allergies?
Putting it on the list to try – you’re now the second person to suggest it.
Congratulations on having you’re space back again!, I know it’s been a long time coming. Hope things improve with kitty, I’m guessing you’re allergic, u poor thing, hope she gets a new home soon, and u can really enjoy having you’re space to your self.
Ah, my sentence above is misleading – the roommate was only gone for the weekend. But I took full advantage of it! Hopefully he’ll be gone by the end of the summer.
I’ve been watching the kitty gentleman for about three weeks now, while his people have been in Estonia, and yes, I am allergic to him – more so than to any other of the dozens of kitties I have watched in my time. I’ve asked his people to find another babysitter for the duration of their time in Estonia, and we’ll see what will happen there.
Oh drat, yes I too read this to mean the roommate had finally moved out. Boo.
Oh my gosh. I’m so glad you’ve found some ways to make it a little more bearable but goodness I sure hope they find alternative accommodations for him soon!!
The air purifier has been a lifesaver. I take it with me from room to room and it’s become my new best friend. 🙂
Congrats on your own space! Must be a relief.
I think my sentence above was misleading – the roommate was gone only for the weekend. But I loved every minute. My face may or may not have fallen when he walked in the door late yesterday…
Ah, well. Hopefully he didn’t notice your lack of enthusiasm for his return.
I’m so happy that you liked BV enough to purchase. It is a beautiful scent and you smell lovely today. Sometimes it is nice to have your space to yourself, even temporarily. I imagine it’s nice to relax and not worry about being considerate to a roommate while you are home. Glad you found a temporary solution for the guest kitty and hope he finds a comfortable home soon.
Leap of Faith Week day two: Lann-Ael by Lostmarch, which is, in a word, yummy.
I am a big fan of Lann-Ael! You smell great!
I have a small sample of that somewhere. I have to dig it out.
I was going to try SSS Jour Ensoleillé today, but I got a sniff of it before I put it on and, well, there is something very rotten banana-y about it. Normally, I’d go ahead, but this morning I’m drinking a cup of chicory-coffee blend which is a vivid reminder/confirmation of my dislike for chicory-coffee blends. Something about the chicory really makes me think of swamp water. Not the most delightful start to my morning.
So, I’m wearing Dzing! today. It makes me feel better.
I really can’t do chicory either. Glad Dzing! is helping!
I have a whole canister of the stuff (gift someone brought me from a trip to New Orleans) and I’m trying to figure out what to do with it. Maybe cold brew? With cinnamon? And then drowned in condensed milk?
Compost always works. 😉
Ask around — some people love it (my husband does) so maybe someone else will take it off your hands.
I did find somebody, actually! “Problem” solved. 🙂
Dzing sounds so unusual and delightful, looking forward to trying it soon, I’m not surprised it’s cheering u up, I’m pretty sure u smell lovely.
Oh, I hope you come across it soon! It’s wonderful.
You smell great 🙂
I really love that I live in the world where this Dzing! exists (and I have a bottle of it).
Agree so much that I have a bottle and a back-up! 🙂
Hope you get a chance to test Jour Ensoleillé on skin some time soon – such a beautiful scent (but although its indolic on me, I do not get any banana).
I’m looking forward to it – probably later this week, when I start the morning in a less, um, aggressive mood.
Chicory flowers are pretty! Better in the garden than in one’s coffee…
Yes, they’re a beautiful blue! I won’t let my distaste for the drink ruin my pleasure in the sight of them (which is rare, anyway).
Oh, chicory “coffee” was an erzatz product they used to sell in Russia when there was no real coffee, or no any products, for that matter, and nobody had any money for any products anyway. I did not even know they sold the stuff here. I remember it as horrible.
I think in the US one usually finds it in New Orleans and Vietnamese restaurants. To be fair to the stuff, there is real coffee in it. Not sure if that was true of your experience, although you are right that it is horrible.
(Apologies to any chicory lovers on this blog.)
Apology accepted 😉
There are parts of Deep South Texas where the older folk still drink it out of habit (because it used to be so much cheaper). My dad never minded the stuff but it tested my polite-guest manners a few times when I was young and visiting elderly ladies with my folks. I don’t think I ever actually spat it out but I did learn to sniff brown stuff in cups very carefully.
Wearing POAL which is beautiful in cool, damp and rainy weather.
Also spritzed my scarf with a sample of Narciso Edp, which is lovely and cosy, I could see myself wearing this one quite a bit in cold weather.
you smell great.
I can see POAL working really well in today’s weather here!
Unknown Pleasure #2 is “Ragú” from Gabriella Chieffo. Happily this does not smell like meat sauce! I get herbs, spices and incense. It has only moderate lasting power on me – as ever, this likely says more about me than about the perfume.
(There’s only 1 review on Fragrantica, from Colin Maillard whose reviews I often appreciate. He finds this one a crude collection of synthetics. I’m not educated enough to know if that’s fair, or a bit of Italian North vs. South bitchiness). :^)
haha! this one is fun–and I don’t know that her creations last very long on me either–although I do like them.
Yes, I like it too, but it doesn’t last long enough to justify further investigation. But you know, it’s only Tuesday and I’ve already had more fun than the full week of Morillas. :^D
SOTD is Guerlain Terracotta. It smells like a vacation at the Beach.
I will wear that tomorrow. So yummy.
SOTD: Alliage to combat the humidity today…
Jardin en Med for my last day of vacation. It is helping flesh out my little daydream of driving the Amalfi coast instead of returning to my little cubicle tomorrow.
Love it. I just lost a couple mls to airplane cabin pressure 🙁 It’s not a big deal, I have a bottle at home but indeed it’s nice for vacation, wanted to have it with me! It’ll teach me to be more careful about sealing decants, I suppose.
Following (rather incidentally) the challenge as I haven’t smelled or worn it before, SOTD is Bronze Goddess. I picked it in the hopes I could continue to imagine it was the weekend and I was on the beach reading. I just finished In Cold Blood and I’m on to The Pier Falls by Mark Haddon.
I’m reading a Capote book now, too! (Breakfast at Tiffany’s.) Sadly, I haven’t been reading on a beach, but rather on a metro.
The other Mr. Koenigsberg was impressed by the sheer number of people who read books on the metro in Paris, compared to Birmingham or London. Toulouse is the same maybe?
Oh yes. As you noticed, Toulouse is full of students. If they’re not reading books, they’re reading over notes. That said, I’ve always been a bit of a bookworm. The only time in my life that I haven’t read a book while in transit is when I used to bike to and from lab!
Also, I was telling my boyfriend about meeting you two, and I referred to you two not by name but as Koenigsberg and Mr Koenigsberg 🙂
In Cold Blood is a great, spooky summertime read.
In Cold Blood is one of my favorites.
Wearing Carnal Flower today for the win!
you smell wonderful!
Gorgeous!
Mmmm.
I cannot read at the beach either, I’m easily distracted and it’s hard to see with the sun glare and sunglasses…
Wearing Fleurs de Citronnier
this SL seems to be so popular recently on NST and it’s one of the few I haven’t smelled–or if I have I don’t remember!
Taking my 10 year old Lab to the vet today to see if her insulin levels are okay. Last week she was diagnosed with diabetes. I think that I will wear Chamade to the vet.
I hope she is ok, and at least now you know what you need to do to look after her.
Sending comforting thoughts to you and your pup.
Iris 39 today, which matches the incredible rain in London this morning. I liked it initially but it might be almost too cold and metallic although I think it’s a good background smell for hard work.
SOTD is Bvlgari Blv. I used to wear this one in my workday life when I needed to be cool, calm, collected, and professional yet compassionate. Since I retired I rarely wear it. I had it in my May rotation and planned to wear it for Morillas’ day on Friday, but I was so lilac-crazy last week I wore Pleasures instead.
I’m enjoying it but it’s a bit much for another in the string of hot, sunny days we’ve been having lately. But since it was the only scent in my May rotation that hadn’t been worn I have the satisfaction of completing my goal this month. Later today I’ll delete a few from the rotation and add some peony and rose fragrances. The abnormally hot weather has caused so much to burst into bloom at once – my peonies and roses are already open. I can’t ever remember having peonies and lilacs in rhe same vase together but I do today and they smell lovely!
Peonies, roses and lilacs…makes me wish I didn’t live on the 22nd floor. : )
SOTD = Chanel No. 19 EDP
I may have to wear this every day for the next few months – I need spine-strengthening. While it’s nice to be going away for vacation, the weeks leading up to it are worse than crazy because I have to make up for the time I’ll be away (i.e. accelerate the deadlines and / or transition the work to a trusted colleague with slim-pickings due to required specialized knowledge base).
I hear ya! Aside from having very lopsided vaca from my husband, work is one of the reasons I only take of one or two days for long weekends, or do series of half days in the summer. It is just too much chaos when I return if I take off longer than that.
Well, I should not complain about paid time off but it’s use it by the first quarter of the following year or lose it (unpaid). I suppose I can take long weekends every week for 7 months but then it would just feel like 7 months of cramming in 5 days of work in 4 days with really no time to recharge. No.19 will get me through this!
That’s why I almost never take a full week off. It’s just not worth the pain of trying to catch up. BTW, thanks for the article recommendation. I read it yesterday.
Despite the pain, I do enjoy the time off. And thanks for letting me know you read the post!
I enjoyed it very much. Undina’s blog is well written and has interesting articles.
Leap of faith week has inspired me to join in the commenting after reading for many months.
SOTD is AC Orange Sanguine, cutting through today’s smothering humidity.
Tea of the moment: about to make some iced matcha.
Welcome!
Welcome AFreeOrange! NST is the warmest group – you’ll be glad you joined in.
Hello! And you smell great!
Welcome!
Welcome, glad you were inspired to join in!
Congrats on a job well done Robin. It is a satisfying feeling to make serious progress on a home project. I feel your pain though. My hubs in in the business and my house is constantly in a state of flux as he starts projects completes them (hypothetically) at a snail’s pace. 🙂 You smell lovely today.
Oh, I’m wearing Apres l’Ondee today. I felt like wearing something soft and easy today for Tuesday-Monday. Why is that “short” holiday weeks always feel like they last twice as long?
It is supposed to be 90F here today and I have been saving something for “hot.” When the Portland perfumistas went to the Imaginary Authors studio, Josh Meyer gave each of us a bottle of an unreleased scent he created. It is full of minty citrus and perfect for today, like a cool breeze.
Robin, I feel your pain about painting, and double pain for ceilings. It seemed much quicker and easier when I was younger.
Wow – that sounds amazing! That must have been a fantastic experience.
It was amazingly fun. Highly recommend you meet him if you are ever in the area!
Ha, I am so lazy that I decided really the ceiling looked just fine! When I get the light fixture replaced and can see better, I may be sorry. I did do the trim & windows though.
This counts as Wed’s SOTD but I’m going to be a tad busy! I’ll be wearing Penhaligon’s Bluebell after my shower at 3am UK time – taxi coming at stupid o’clock, aka 3:45am – for our flight to Houston to visit friends near The Woodlands for the next fortnight. There’s now a Nordstrom at their local mall, so am looking forward to having a browse there in the next few days. Have been looking for a local, independent retailer but can’t find anything other than COS in the area. It may be (very) wet there at the moment but at least it won’t be as chilly as it currently is in the north east of Scotland!
How lovely. Have a wonderful trip!
Thank you so much, Petunia.
I hope you enjoy your visit! I don’t know about the Woodlands, but most of the good perfume shopping in Houston is in the River Oaks and Galleria areas.
Thank you, sweetgrass, I’m sure we shall. Have done The Galleria before, have lots on our ‘to do’ list but I have added your River Oaks tip to it if we have time – thank you.
What a lovely photo image, Robin. Thanks for that.
My only perfume so far today is eau de sweat. It’s pretty hot here and I’ve been painting and writing all morning, still in my sleeping shmata. Just getting ready to clean up and go to a housecall. My SOTD is going to be sandalwood oil.
We were just in Colonial drug over the weekend buying a present for my step daughter, a set of Blanc Lila bath soaps. It was 95 degrees out and on the counter was a big tester bottle of 4711 Eau de Cologne. We sprayed it on our arms to cool down and wow! What a great one that is. Perfect lemony balsam for the hot weather and it actually has a bit of staying power (unlike Ananas Fizz on me). An oldy but a goody.
4711 is nice. I don’t really do cologne (mostly because it lasts about three minutes on me), but it’s refreshing in heat.
Isn’t that fantastic? And perfectly named.
Continuing with untested (and in this case completely without knowledge of notes or anything else) samples…
reached into a bag of Olympic Orchids samples I was gifted, and tried on Gujarat, which started with a camphorous cough medicine accord, but now has lots of spices and smoke and leather. It’s cacophony, a little. We’ll see where it goes…
I sampled Gujarat a while back and “cacophony” is an apt description. It smelled like what I imagine a crowded, hot, bus ride might smell like going through some bustling spice bazaar. Very evocative, but I couldn’t wear it.
haha, yeah, I’m glad I only put on a few drops. I might turn it into fuel for my lampe berger, which I find “airs out” samples that are too dense for wearing (probably because it is diluted in alcohol…)
The very best of days, NST. This is “We made it” week! I gave my last lecture for the semester yesterday, the students are organised for their final exams and assignments, and life will take on a different, less frantic rhythm for seven or downers! Yay! I’d break out the Elephant or another trumpeter, but that at 8.00 a.m. I’m due at the dental hygienist, and s/he might not appreciate a loud perfume so early. When I come home, I’ll put on something celebratory and triumphant, and yes, it might well be Elephant, now that I’ve thought of it. Those warm spices would be perfect for the weather and my happy, expansive mood.
Congrats and well done on making it through the semester!
Glad to hear you are in a celebratory mood, and Elephant will surely help. Two more semesters until your retirement, or just one? I am wishing that you would come to Portland for a visit with your Dear One. If he isn’t up for prolonged sniffing, there is always soccer for him to watch, or visiting the library, or talking to a room full of engineers. Portland has a lot of engineers.
Foxbins, I’m very keen to get to Portland, and all places in the Pacific Northwest. Richard is working on ways to conquer the vertigo he gets travelling, so a trip next year is looking more and more possible. I know he wouldn’t want to sniff, but he’s utterly tolerant of my little ways, so he would potter off happily to look at railway lines or road layouts or something. I never know what will fascinate him!
As for rolling out the door marked retirement, it depends a little on my doctoral students, and when they submit. Two possibly won’t finish until about this time next year, which would mean I need to stick around until the end of 2017. But it’s closer…closer! Yay!
The Elephant is the bomb!
Heh, I may even happen to be visiting my brother when you’re in town 🙂
I do so hope so! It would be deeply cool to meet some of the NS-Tites! Even better than sniffing and buying perfume, in fact!
¡Buenos días a todos! (Or buenas tardes, as the case may be.) SOTD is Pacifica Persian Rose.
I’m enjoying the last of the comparatively cool weather today, before the fit hits the shan later this week and the heat finally shows up. Forecasted highs are from 108-111.
Goodness, that’s HOT! ????
Thankfully it’s a dry heat. Our record high was 117 in 1990. Toasty. ????
“Fit hits the shan” goes right along with one of my favorites- “nucking futs.” ????
A colleague have me the idea of saying “WHAT THE fun???” to ease the pain of why I had to say it in the first place 😉
Ha, “nucking futs” is one of my favorites, too!
This will stop me from complaining when 80 degrees F is too hot!
You have humidity, though, so it kinda evens out–my body doesn’t know what to do with that. Now, the worst heat I’ve been in was several times in Egyptian tombs in the summer: 100-110 degree air temp with 90%+ humidity inside. It’s an interesting sensation to be standing still yet feeling sweat just pouring out of you! ????
I’m wearing Cuir d’Ange today. I just heard back on the house offer I put in yesterday and found out that they accepted another offer, so I’m a little bummed about that. But that’s the way it goes sometimes, so just have to keep looking.
Sorry to hear you missed out… there will be another house for you.
That’s disappointing. I hope the next house is one you love even more, though
Bummer. Hopefully you’ll find something even better.
When you find “your” house, you’ll be glad this happened. (My experience anyway). I like the Scottish proverb “What’s for you’ll not go by you”. (What is meant for you will not pass you by). :^)
Thanks. I like that.
Darn. Well, onward and upward, then!
Yep, pretty much. I’ve been saying that a lot.
Sorry — but if it’s any consolation, I wish we’d waited until we’d looked at more houses before we bought ours.
Yeah.. you can never really know, right? I’m sure you picked the place that seemed like your best option at the time.
Oh, so sorry! Hopefully there is something better in store for you ????
Thanks everybody. I know it’ll be ok, it’s just kind of a weird emotional roller coaster..lol. Was it for those of you who have been through it?
House hunting is hard and is an emotional rollercoaster for sure. I hope you find something even better!
Bummer! The right one will come along and may be on a street with a perfume name!
In my beloved Le Temps d’une Fete today. It’s a little overwhelmed by the heat, but it smells great. HS track potluck dinner tonight! Graduation was the 27th, but the boosters couldn’t pull things together until tonight.
Oh, HS track. Suddenly I feel my phantom shin splints! ????
I’m going classic this morning, with a spot of L’Heure Bleue.
Very nice; tried this in Duty Free last week and some more may be in my future :^)
You smell fantastic!
Job interview this morning, and I had singled out two perfume choices.. Frederic Malle Cologne Indelebile or PG Cuir Venenum. I chose the latter and felt really good about that. A bit more personality to that one, and I love it, it makes me feel good and special.
After, I took the time to treat myself to some fuumie-smelling, just for fun and to relax. It’s the second time I smell Frederic Malle Monsieur, and it is seducing me slowly. Not the patchouli-bomb I was led to believe, it feels so polished and refined. I smell sweet delectable leather, some boozy vanilla notes, and then the patchouli, just a smidge sexy-dirty.
MFK OUD in the evening. Totally drained of the hottest day so far this year.
Hope you get an enthusiastic response to the job interview????
Good luck on your interview! Good perfume choice!
Good luck! It’s nice to feel confident about your choices.
Good job you! I have a sample of Monsiieur still in its wasteful original presentation box!
Thank you! Ohh, I was about to ask the SA if i could get a sample, but I didn’t. It’s the kind of store I feel like I have to buy something, then I can ask for samples and usually will get the ones I want. I may be wrong, probably am. Next time, I sure will ask. Have you tried it, do you like?
I’m scared to try it due to rumor of a fecal note.
Got no funk here. But if there is, then I probably like it 🙂 Just polished and sensual.
Oh, Thank You so much for all the kind words 🙂 I really appreciate it!
So now it is a waiting game. What will happen, happens.
Nice to be back reading comments again, after a series of interruptions from Life stuff…
No leap of faith for me today; I went with a sure thing: Do Son edt.
Welcome back, FearsMice! Life happens! Hope all is well! I still have to make it down to Ari’s and I’ll be sure to let you know when I do!
Hey there, Hajusuuri! It’ll be great to have you down here for a visit! Looking forward…
Trying something loud today: Amouage Gold for men.
Hi Bill. Not sure if you’re new to NST? If so, welcome. Enjoy Gold for men. I’ve never tried it myself but own a few Amouage scents that I really love. It’s a great house.
Would you believe, I smelled Amouage Sunshine Woman in the wild today!
Wow. On train ride home? It seems to be the place of smells both good and truly awful.
BTW, I’m jealous of your ability to identify scents that way. A perfume has to be really distinctive for me to do that.
Went to an Iris garden in Montclair, NJ. I had no idea there were so many varieties and colors. Managed to do a quick sniff at Saks and Bergdorf’s so I’m currently adorned with Velvet Mimosa Bloom, Velvet Ginestra, Golden Acacia and Rose Effects. The Golden Acacia is my favorite of the bunch
Rose Thorns
Never knew about the Iris garden in Montclair. Just looked it up and I hope I can take a quick trip there this weekend! Thanks, thegoddessrena.
As I was walking out of my building this afternoon, a tall gentleman in grey shirt with cuff links, black slacks and black tassel loafers strode past me and I detected a distinct aroma of oud, unobtrusive but unmistakeable, a very smooth oud unadulterated by anything else, no herbs or spics or incense. Given the quality of his clothes, I expect his scent was expensive. Any one know of a pure, clean oud? It was a fascinating odor…
I haven’t tried that many, but BK Pure Oud by Calice Becker is worth a sniff.
I feel like I’ve read that one of the designer ouds was good, but can’t remember if it was the Dior one or what. And what about M17 (?), which people often praise here.
Next time just run after him…it’s easier.
🙂
Plus sounds like someone one might like to be friends with!!