Hump Day, plus Waitangi Day, Bob Marley's birthday and Frozen Yogurt Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Prada Candy, which doesn't quite call to mind fire, but is indeed keeping me warm today.
Reminder: on 2/8 our theme is Fire and Ice...wear something that keeps you warm in winter (Fire) OR wear something that reminds you of snow and chilly winter air (Ice). Suggested by Glannys.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2019, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Yay, hump day! Vintage Coco for a little fire and warmth today.
I have some of that..maybe it could be my Friday SOTD
The best, you smell great 🙂
I suppose I’m more in the ice category today. I’m wearing the classic and lovely Fleur de fleurs by Nina Ricci. The aldehydes in the top could cover the ice part.
I’m trying to imagine some Bob Marley music, to keep warm.
Hard to believe Bob Marley was born in 1945. Time flies.
I remember he was quite popular in Holland when I was growing up. He died quite young though.
Very.
Good Morning..
I don’t want to make ya’ll jealous, but my father in law is visiting and made me his chai tea. I am sipping it and flipping through the WSJ.
Today I am vintage Lagerfeld’s Chloe that I bought for a song and a dance at my little antique shop. I just put a little dab with that beautiful stopper and I am transformed into this elegant woman 😉 They have a lot of cute stuff in that store but if you love costume jewelry, gizmos and trinkets, its my favorite place to shop if you are in NYC. I also love the smell of antique shops..I know I am bizarre..but I am talking to a bunch of fume heads so you get me.
I’m more jealous of flipping through the WSJ. You meant actual paper, right? 🙂
Yes, we get the paper delivered everyday.
What I love most about the WSJ in the side column, you can scroll down the list and take in everything that is happening in little blurbs.
This is probably not something that people notice, but I appreciate the black and white portraits of the authors they add next to his or her columns. I love art, so I really enjoy that they still do that. I read the WSJ to add balance to my New Yorker magazine 😉
It all sounds very zen, and yes to the little portraits! About a million years ago I used to go through the WSJ business section every morning for a former boss. Mostly I was looking for work-related items (pension law — ooh, exciting), but he was from New York and occasionally I’d find something non-business that I thought would interest him. It was a nice way to start the day.
My elderly mother gets the WSJ, NYT and a local newspaper delivered daily, a life long habit, and while I enjoy a real newspaper the recycling situation can be overwhelming.
Also your antique shop sounds marvelous! Browsing through places like that is one of my favorite pastimes.
Also wanted to give thanks for everyone’s thoughts on the vintages perfumes they had on sale yesterday. I have so much more perfume to discover.
You smell divine
Ha, but I *am* jealous!
Home made chai? Am I jealous? Hell yeah!
I love the combination of furniture oil ( slightly turpentine) and beeswax combined with wood dust in antique shops
Me too
It’s also a different shopping experience. Things are old, have history and their own smell..
I’m in Autoportrait today, which somehow is warm and cool at the same time. Not fire-warm or ice-cool, but still … half points?
Half for fire + half for ice = full points. 😀
I like the way you think, Glannys! 😀
Ha!
I’m wearing SL Bois et Fruits, more cozy than hot I guess but I smell wonderful.
It’s definitely a scent for a cold weather. And yes you do!
Clinique Wrappings. Cool and crisp, so kind of ice.
Love this one – you smell great!
I have Wrappings, but I haven’t worn it since I got it two years ago. I don’t know why. I will have to use it this week. Thanks for the reminder.
I don’t wear it often either, but when I do it’s usually in winter. It smells like winter trees to me.
I wore it like crazy the winter it was first releases many years ago so like you I associate it with winter
Wrappings is SO GOOD. A forgotten masterpiece.
One of my favorites! I may wear that one tomorrow.
Put me in the “I Love Wrappings” club 🙂 also.
?? for Wrappings!
Add me to the Wrappings Fan Club!
Wow, so many people love Wrappings! That’s great!
I don’t think I’ve ever tried Wrappings! Must change that.
Me neither! They never seem to have it on display at department stores, even during the holiday season 🙁 I’ve been tempted to blind-buy it. Maybe after my no-buy is up? It’s not terribly expensive.
It’s been reformulated so not sure if the reform is the same as the original.
I’m in Providence Bay Rum today, which is just feel-goody.
🙂
Also, I just emptied my old bottle of Diptyque Tam Dao. Would like to get more but haven’t tried the recent formulations so don’t know whether to choose EDT or EDP. Any advice?
I have the EDP, purchased this fall, and I prefer it because it’s warm and smooth on me. The EDT I find too scratchy/cedary, but it smells wonderful on my best friend. The EDP was not so great on her. So maybe we just have opposite chemistry, but this is one where I really valued testing.
Guess I should sample them both- thanks
I agree you should sample both, but I’ll say that I have a travel spray of the EDT and I LOVE IT.
It’s actually cold and rainy here in the desert today, so I’m wearing my intended Friday scent: FM’s Musc Ravageur. I must be anosmic to the naughty bits in this one, because all I get is warm spicy cinnamon.
You smell great. I get mostly warm spicy vanilla. I might wear this on Friday. Good idea ?
No points for me unless I spray my shirt with Paprika Brasil.
Inspired by Val’s post on Australian Perfume Junkies who only wears the perfumes that she absolutely adores I went with Nocturnes de Caron again… I have worn and loved this fragrance since 1983.
I have a sample of that and really adore it
Isn’t it such a pretty floral?
There is something special about going back to a long term perfume love.
Yes I agree.
And this has been a love for me for a very long time.
I am wearing L’Artisan Oeillet Sauvage today. This is the only carnation fragrance that I own. However, I think this is a note that I must explore.
Beautiful perfume choice.
It’s a great scent! You smell great. I like the carnation in Fiori di Capri (I’m kind of a broken record on that one) and Prada’s Infusion one is nice.
L’Air du Temps is good too, if you like the sound of a retro-carnation scent.
I tinkered with Yves Rocher and added a clean orange blossom note (oranger crystals), civet, cashmeran, vanillin and a leather note (Suederal).
Highly incompetently I added the crystalline ingredients without diluting them, so the orange blossom is really center stage.
Smells a lot nicer than I expected.
Wow very impressed. Where and how did you learn how to do that?
OH yay, I love all of that, including the incompetence. Enjoy your new creation!
SotD = Apres L’Ondee + Cologne du 68
Cd68 staying strong from last night, works well with Apres L’Ondee ?
Go Guerlain!
We are one people. Greetings to all NZ fragrant friends.
Will sing Three Little Birds with my Kindergarten music students today. I like Elizabeth Mitchell’s version.
Happy Wednesday, perfume peeps!
Kia Ora!
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Tena koutou katoa 🙂
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Smelling and sounding great today, tiffanie!
You smell great Robin! I love Prada Candy, especially when layered with Parfum d’Empire Cuir Ottoman 🙂
I’m in NVC Niral today.
It is a scent that cries out for layering. I wish they’d done flankers that went more in my direction instead of less…we will see what “Candy Night” turns out to be, maybe I’ll get lucky.
I always wanted the Candy Men
I am wearing Estee Lauder Cinnabar and drinking orange bliss tea.
Cinnabar is so good 🙂
I haven’t worn this yet all winter. Don’t know why. I really should. I think it’s actually better than YSL Opium, which it’s sort of a copy of.
I think YSL’s Opium has a much nicer resin note, I love both though!
My mother wore this in the 80ies. I wore Opium….
and while you and I are the same age I will tell you that I wore it in the late 1970s…my mother and I shared a bottle 🙂
Add me and my sister and my mother into the Cinnabar Opium mix, too!
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One day I should try Cinnabar and Opium side by side. I have bottles of both that are roughly the same age, so it would be a fair comparison.
Please do so I can live vicariously through you. I had a bottle of Cinnabar eons ago; wish I still had it! I also had a tiny bottle of Opium way back when that I finished.
I missed out on a bottle of vintage Opium that was on ‘flea-bay’. It was my own fault as I dithered too much.
I’m in AP Tea for Two today, again from the very generous therabbitsflower! This is better than pretty much any Tea for Two you’ve smelled. For starters, the bottle that the decant came from appears to be “vintage,” from the 2000s, so it probably started out richer than the current formulation. And then, the decant is in a leaky dropper bottle, so by now, as trf says, it’s probably something like extrait concentration. You’ve never smelled such spicy, honeyed tobacco! This stuff is spectacular. I didn’t think I’d like the dropper bottle, but now I think every extrait should come in a dropper bottle.
Time for a little #fwp rant (I mean…most of my problems are fwp, thankfully): the last time I ran out of coffee beans, I asked my boyfriend to pick some up on his way home. He stopped at one of the 3250135 Safeways that are within a mile or two of us, and got me…a bag of Peet’s. Apparently, all they had was Starbucks, Dunkin’ Donuts, Peet’s, and Philz! Firstly: Who doesn’t realize that Philz is better than Peet’s? Secondly: What kind of an overpriced Bay Area Safeway doesn’t have 50 different overpriced hipster coffees?!
It won’t be so bad, I told myself, it’s still coffee. And seriously, all those overpriced coffees probably weren’t even worth it.
…But they WERE. This coffee is SUBSTANTIALLY less tasty and pleasant-smelling than my usual fare. The Peet’s is a bit bitter and burnt, and the beans themselves are…oily??
So the moral of the story is, expensive beans may indeed make for yummier coffee than cheap beans, and this is not simply another case of the price deluding us into thinking something is better.
“Just throw them out,” the boyfriend suggested, but there is still way too much grad student/immigrant’s daughter in me, and I can’t bear to throw out a bag of perfectly functional, if not great, coffee.
If you didn’t think me spoiled yet, now you do 🙂 I guess I’ll just go back to drinking my bitter, burnt coffee.
Lol, Koyel! Everything is relative, and you are allowed to complain about your beans! You work very hard to afford the beans of your choice ?
Maybe mix them in with the good beans every now and then, instead of throwing them out.
Hahaha 🙂 Thanks, lillyjo, for helping me justify my feelings! I would hate to mix them with good beans and spoil them >.< I think I'll just grin and bear the next dozen cups of coffee!
Have to laugh at the coffee story 😉 I like my coffee very strong and black but once in a while, when I have extra time and feel like a treat, I will have a second cup with just a bit of real cream. Can you tolerate a little cream to smooth out the bitter edge or is that a horrific thought?
Your new to you decant sounds so good!
Not a horrific thought at all! Some nice whole milk really rounds out and sweetens coffee. Even then, though, you need good coffee! Even with milk, this stuff tastes all burnt. But thanks for trying to make the beans more palatable!
The perfume really does smell good 🙂 despite the coffee’s best attempts to assault my nose.
It’s the only way I drink coffee is with cream…..double cream as we call it in the UK. Thick and gloopy but it makes the coffee absolutely heaven! I wear pure Rose attar sometimes in the morning with my coffee….
I’m the same way… I’d finish the bag, which I just did with something I recently picked up to try. Didn’t care for it, but I finished it. Trying something new today and not impressed. Sigh. But I’ll finish it too.
That Tea for Two sounds glorious.
Oh that’s too bad. Are these coffees, too? I hope you find some you really like soon!
It IS glorious. I feel like I need to find a tester of the modern TF2 vintage for better comparison!
What is sad is I have found a coffee I like very much. It’s a house blend at a grocery/restaurant that roasts their own. Except they always seem to be out. It’s not just down the street, so I have to call to see if they have it in stock. It has irritated me, so I stopped calling.
Since I had to be somewhat in the neighborhood of the store with the coffee I like, I called. They had stock, so I trekked over and got three bags. If you hadn’t posted about coffee, I might not have checked. Enabler pin.
YAY! OMG! This might be my first enabler pin! (At least my first official one!) <3 Thrilled you got the coffee you like!
Their beans are always that way. I can’t drink the coffee at my parents’ because that’s all they buy. Out of the billion or so “artisan” roasters I seem to be having excellent luck with Klatch, which I have shipped from LA (takes 2 days). Got some in my cup right now.
They’re always burnt and oily? Good to know >.< I'll keep my eyes open for Klatch! I'd hate to get it shipped in, though; some of our Safeways and Whole Foods do have coffees I enjoy.
I was spoiled by living in Toulouse, France–there were a half dozen local roasters with excellent beans within a couple miles of me. And it was relatively cheap, too–a bag of 500 g (~1 lb) for 7 – 10 Eur! Why aren't there more local roasters in the Bay Area?
Stand in front of the coffee beans selection at Rainbow in SF (separate bulk and bagged sections!) and you’ll see how many local roasters there are around here.
Oh hahaha, by “local” I don’t mean “somewhere in Alameda”; I mean down the street from me. There’s something special for me to drink coffee roasted in a building downtown half a mile from my home. I’m sure SF has a couple in-house roasters in that enormous 7×7, but we sure don’t down here in MTV/PA/RWC, and it’s just not as fun when I can’t go get my beans where they were roasted.
That makes me smile. My Mom had a generic coffee can into which she would pour the ground coffee (she preferred the smaller container.). She always made a point of telling us it wasn’t that generic coffee in there. It was Yuban!
Ha! I totally get your coffee conundrum. I *had* to buy Starbucks beans recently at the supermarket and I wasn’t diggin’ it. Yes, I’m under the spell of hipster beans. I’ve tried to downgrade before, but it’s hard to go backwards, isn’t it?
Anyway, I do what lilyjo suggested: mixing in a bit with better coffee. Or, I reserve it for emergency coffee droughts.
SO hard! You’re so right. I mean, when I was in college, I must’ve had plenty of mediocre coffee without blinking, right?
I misread “emergency coffee droughts” as “emergency coffee for doughnuts” because I’m a nutso. That’s actually a really good idea!
I turned “droughts” into “doughnuts” too!
Sounds like a new slogan for positivity, lol!
Buy a block of chocolate, melt it and dip your Class B beans in chocolate and eat as an after dinner treat ( you will notice the chocolate more than the quality of coffee) . Or use them as the base for tiramisu, afragato or anything combing coffee and alcohol and icecream OR. Take them to work for others to use. Or grind them and add to coconut oil as an exfolliant …no idea if that works
The chocolate-covered bean idea is great! So are your other ideas, except I don’t often make any of those things in normal life. Maybe I should start.
I did think of turning them into body products 🙂 but I already have a lot of scrubs to go through. I don’t like it with coconut oil, though; I prefer mixing them with grapeseed and vitamin E oil as an exfoliant! I suppose it won’t matter if they’re a bit stale for the scrubs, so I could just store them until I run out of my current scrubs. Thanks for the ideas!
Kanuka, coffee beans are a great exfoliant! IME, you don’t need to mix them with coconut (or any) oil. Just take the cooled, used coffee grounds and rub any area you want exfoliated. Best to do this in/near shower as it gets messy.
Lol at your coffee woes, but I totally understand. For a while, my bf and I were buying cheap coffee for weekdays and fancy for weekends. Well, it has evolved into $10.49 bags for the weekday of Top Pot coffee, which is a local donut shop that also makes good coffee. Weekends we normally use $12-$15 coffee.
And girl, you’re almost making me wish I’d kept that Tea for Two because you’re describing it so beautifully! Im glad it’s making you so happy.
I don’t think I could ever have two sets of beans (weekday vs. weekend beans). That takes so much organization! Besides, don’t you deserve some pampering during the week, too??
Actually, I tend to drink mediocre work coffee during the week; today was a special occasion (working from home to take the cat to the vet). But there’s something so disheartening about having mediocre coffee at home!
Haha, sorry, trf!! If you change your mind about the TF2, let me know and I will of course send it back 🙂 But I’ll keep enjoying it in the meantime!
I would never ask for it back. It’s yours now. I have 90% of a 100ml bottle to use up. ?
It’s not a big deal for us to do weekday and weekend coffee, and I kinda like feeling like I get a treat on the weekends.
Aww, thanks <3 And that’s a good point, about making weekend coffee feel special 🙂
Oh, Philz is my coffee of choice, I adore that brand!
Philz is one of my favorite chain coffee shops 🙂 I just couldn’t believe it when he got home and asked, “For future reference, would Philz have been better?” Duh!
Spoiled?
Let me intoduce myself…
I have my Canadian neighbor mule me back coffee from Montreal since none of the hipster Brooklyn, or even NYC coffee live up to my standard.
Or..lets to talk about how my Parisian neighbor mules me back MF tea!
I am taking a bow!
Welcome to the spoiled club.
Ahahaha. This is a perfumista forum; I bet there is a very high concentration of us spoiled people 🙂
I think you can get MF tea in the US…. I’m certain I’ve had it shipped to me from American vendors. I wish I could remember where I got it shipped from; if I figure it out, I’ll let you know so you can get them without having your Parisian neighbor mule them 🙂
Oh my dear, I already know that you can buy some of them here in the states. Alas, I like the ones that aren’t sold here. Hence, why I am too, spoiled.
LOL, I’m right there with you–who would choose Peet’s over Philz? That’s not right. 🙂
I know, right?? He’s not much of a coffee drinker, though, so I’ll forgive him.
*raises hand*
I am not a regular coffee drinker and I never make my own coffee. I think Peets is considered better than Starbucks? I have never heard of Philz.
Philz is super-good stuff. But I make my own espresso at home, I’m too cheap to drop five or six bucks on a cup!
Try adding a small pinch of salt, it counteracts the bitter notes a little bit.
Oh right! I always forget that. Thanks for the reminder!
This is exactly how I feel about Starbucks. I have no idea how people drink that bitter burnt stuff!
Haha…most of the things I get from Starbucks are yummy yummy frappuccinos, so it never tastes bitter or burnt 🙂
I had never heard of Philz until now–is that a regional West Coast brand? Where I live, the selection of whole bean coffee is limited, and much of it seems to be stale already when you buy it. I won’t pay $$$$ for a cup of coffee, either, so I make my own. I actually only use my Keurig now, because I only want one cup at a time, and I am the only coffee drinker in the house. Whenever I have tried buying whole beans, then end up going stale before I can use up a bag, so I end up throwing at least half of it away.
In any case, I have decided that grinding up beans and brewing one cup of coffee is too much trouble on a work day morning, not to mention that I am too sleepy and disoriented in the morning to go to all that trouble until after I have had a cup of coffee. Back when I had a 4 cup coffee maker that I used I found every possible way to screw it up: (1) I have forgotten to put the coffee grounds into the filter (and made a pot of hot water instead of coffee), (2) I have forgotten to put the water in the reservoir, (3) I have forgotten to turn the power switch on, (4) I forgotten to put the filter in before I put in the coffee grounds (this did result in coffee, but it was a little gritty), (5) I have forgotten to put the carafe under the spout so that the coffee ran all over the counter and the floor. At least with a Keurig, there are a limited number of ways to screw it up, and if I do, trying it over again only takes a minute instead of 10 minutes. I have another Keurig on my desk at work for my second cup that I normally have in the early afternoon.
If anybody thinks a Keurig doesn’t make very good coffee, you should you should taste the burnt, weak, brownish swill that my coworkers make. I’m not sure how something can taste both weak and burnt at the same time, but they manage. I think I think they must use maybe 4 tablespoons of grounds for 10 cups of “coffee”. I have tasted it, and told them that it would have to be at least twice as strong as it is in order to be weak coffee.
I think Philz might indeed be a west coast thing, but it’s pretty prevalent in the Bay Area. Your coffee maker screw-ups sound so sad! I agree that it’s hard to make coffee before you’ve had coffee 🙂 I’ve trained my non-coffee-drinking boyfriend to make me coffee, which is very nice.
Re: beans going stale, I store my beans in a clean, dried mini wine bottle and vacuum seal it with a Vacuvin, and I think that helps; it takes them much longer to go stale. Maybe not worth it for you to try since you’ve got the Keurig system in place, but it works for me!
..’weak and burnt at the same time’. You made my day, that’s hilarious! That’s exactly the swill at my office. I never touch it.
I brew a super strong cup at home for the morning drive and first few minutes to enjoy while my computer is booting up. If I need a refill in the afternoon we have a Tim Hortons across the street.
I wish we had a coffee shop across the street. We have nothing across the street. The nearest town is a 15 minute drive away. I’ve been working in the same place for 29 years and we just last month finally got a cafeteria. The building that houses the cafeteria is so far from the building where I work that just going there and back to get something–even without waiting in line–takes about 15 to 20 minutes. Oh, and the cafeteria is only open from 11 AM to 1PM, AND I am only supposed to take a 30 minute lunch break. It just isn’t worth it to go there and back for just a cup of coffee. Consequently, I bring my own lunch, and I have a Keurig.
Jeez, nothing like making it convenient for your staff to get lunch out if they want. You have to wonder who made those decisions.
Twenty-nine years is phenomenal! Wow. They should be bringing you good coffee and lunch every day ?
I work in a refinery, and it is located some distance from town on purpose . You really don’t want people living right across the street from a refinery if you can help it. The cafeteria is near the main entrance to the plant, and the laboratory where I work is some distance away. I do actually understand the reasons why we are located where it isn’t convenient to go out for lunch or coffee. What I don’t understand is why it took so long for them to build us a cafeteria.
As for my 29 year tenure, that is a good long time, but hardly a record. We did have one employee (not in my department, though) who celebrated his 50 year service anniversary, and we have had a number of people reach 40 years. The petroleum industry does pay well, and has some good benefits. I get 5 weeks of vacation per year, and next year it will go to 6, and when I retire, I will get a pension.
29 years! Five weeks of vacation! Congrats on your tenure and glad you have good benefits 🙂
Vintage Chanel 5 EdC. It’s fairly frigid here – this is California, so I’m not complaining or anything – but my office doesn’t seem to have much of a heating system. Running a little space heater until colleagues come in (we’ll trip a circuit if anyone else plugs one in). Colleague just arrived! There go my warm feet…. 🙁
It was warmer in NYC yesterday than in most of CA. We had a mini spring day.
I have had my heat on in the house all day in LA.
Just got through final interview for new project that could take me to Portland for 12 months. Same time zone, is doable.
Wore Ambre Sultan again. Feels cozy.
Sotd is Commes des Garcons edp for warming, it’s like a spice bonfire 🙂
Yes it is!
Today’s SOTD is Chanel’s Chance edp. Perfect for today’s cooler weather – I don’t dare say cold, 43 degrees is balmy compared to the middle part of the state! 😀
Whoops, I meant the Mid-west and North East part of the country. It’s obvious I haven’t properly caffeinated yet… 😯
SL Amber Sultan. A warm cozy blanket of a scent.
You smell gorgeous!
Nice perfume. Have you ever come across Shawn Newton fountain pens? I am very tempted and thought you might know.
I haven’t, sorry. I don’t own a single handmade pen.
SOT(Y)D was Lancome Miracle. Alas, was not a miracle at all but rather quite a disappointment as it faded from a pretty powdery hopefulness to a generic usual suspect, all within a short time span (maybe about an hour, not even). Oh well.
Not sure what I will wear today, I am contemplating talking a walk on the beach since it is fairly warmish and sunny in my neck of the woods and I could use the exercise, so, perhaps the sea air can substitute for my fragrance.
I used to own Revlon Fire and Ice, bought on the cheap (5 bucks per bottle!) at the local CVS a some time ago, I just used the last of it up a few months ago.
Happy Wednesday y’all!! 😀
Methinks you get double points for a perfume that is actually called fire and ice?
LOL, if I still had it, I would probably be using it today!
A walk on the beach in the sun sounds like a horrible way to spend the day 😉
Sampling Cap Neroli from eschmeling’s lovely freebie-meet package of samples. I’m in a dilemma about getting a small bottle. I really like it but there are other PN perfumes that I might like more. This complicated by the 15 ml travel spray gift with purchase option that also includes cap on at least one web vendor site. I was thinking of doing a sample program or getting the discovery set or just sniffing when I go down to the city at some point. Any practical advice on how to go about this?
SOTD: my jeans and t shirt go to fragrance : The Musk
Also I’m getting the Winter blahs and would love to find a beautiful neroli perfume as a remedy. It might be Cap but does anyone have a suggestion? Antony try PN Neroli Intense? I used to have a bottle of Yves Rocher Neroli but gave it to a friend.
Anyone not Antony?
Antony says how about neroli essential oil?
Why yes, an EO might do the trick. Thankyou Antony!
Atelier Cologne Grand Neroli is one of my favorites.
4711 is fleeting, but bright and crisp (and cheap enough to bathe in) – perfect for a winter day.
For a true neroli (but again, fleeting) Sarabecca Neroli oil is really lovely.
I absolutely adore everything from Atelier Cologne and will try GN. Also 4711 is one of my hot n humid weather go to frags. That stuff is divine. Thank you for your suggestions! Another that just came to mind is Thierry Mugler Cologne.
I’m “Antony” who tried (and bought) Neroli Intense ? I like it, but I think I like Cap a tad more. It is very calming and cheerful, both.
I thought NI would have better longevity, but it doesn’t really. It does have more heft, is maybe a little sweeter, but also has a nice herbal note. I think I might get Cap for Spring or Summer…
I’d probably sample it 1st, though, if I were you.
Hahahaha! Thanks for the recommendation, Antony! I’m veering toward a sample program – Beauty Encounter offers three dabbler samples for $15 and it includes a ten dollar discount if you decide on one for a fab. Why did it say dabbler when I wrote dabber
??
A fab full bottle. Geez I’m having problems today.
Also Au Pays de la Fleur d’Oranger Neroli Blanc l’eau de cologne is very good, in fact I love all three Neroli Blancs.
That sounds wonderful. I will sample it.
And we have a new NST insider vocabulary word: Antony!
Also I just added a few drops of neroli e.o. to eau de Merveilles and it smells really good. I did the same thing with lavender and the same thing with frankincense. The eau de Merveilles serves as a good base for any essential oil that you want to showcase.
I used to have edM but swapped it away boo hoo. Thanks for the suggestion to layer eo neroli!
I only did this because I could barely smell EdM on me and also it did not last. It was an experiment that worked.
Ah, and betcha that would be great with Eau Claire Merveilles.
🙂
YUP
How about l’Artisan Parfumeur Histoire d’Orangers?
Or, if you might like orange blossom, there’s Hiram Green Dilettante, or Penhaligon’s Castile, among others!
After all the Smell Bent discussion yesterday I went with Prairie Nymph. I got a sample from therabbitsflower on here and it’s love. I would be bathing in this waxy honey carnation goodness if I didn’t have to work.
Nice one! I have PN and it reminds me of rose jam a bit. I tended to overspray it ( like everything) but slowly learnt I liked it better when not so heavy handed. You might also like Gypsy and Glamour Yeti
I can see how they could be cousins, Rose Jam is a lot more sweet and tart to my nose though. I don’t get the mandarin that’s supposed to be in PN at all so it’s all spicy honey.
Oh yay! I love Prairie Nymph so much and bought a 50ml bottle during one of their last sales. Don’t forget it’s on sale right now with Smell Bent’s bottle sale. ?
oh gosh don’t tell me that!! the sale makes it less than $50 so it barely counts, right?
I’m wearing Philosykos today, inspired by the poster who wore it yesterday. I may continue doing “wear something that someone else thought of first” for a while, because you all smell so good!
Stay safe, warm and happy.
That’s a great community project idea!!! And we would have all week.
I like the “wear something that someone else thought of first” idea. lol Lots of creative ideas in the posts and in the comments! 🙂
I’m in Vanilla Hinoki again. And, since Sajini made me think of it, I’ve added a dab of Sarabecca Neroli to my wrists.
SOTD is Bois d”Armenie. I can actually smell it a little in spite of the cold-related congestion.
Happily enjoying the last drops of Bal á Versailles perfume. Gorgeous! Hope to get more of it again someday. For now it is making my day enjoyable despite the insanity at work!
Try to have a good day! You smell great
Thank you! ?
Vintage Bal is gorgeous!
Never tried vintage Val, but I can imagine how exquisite it must be!
Bal!
THUNK!
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Hello all! Wearing Le Parfum de Therese today, from a sample.
Neither fire nor ice. I have had this sample for many years and did not like it at first but in the spirit of using up stuff, I revisited it last week. I absolutely love it. I used it up and thinking I might get a travel spray soon. Sometimes it’s good to revisit things. Or not ?
So nice to see a mention of Therese!
And, adding that it cannot possibly be a big seller. Kudos to FM for keeping it in production all these years, and let’s hope EL doesn’t put the kibosh on that.
Yes, even my sister who joins me in scent exploration says “I just can’t” with Therese. I think it’s beautiful, though!
Very good points, Robin. I almost feel obligated to acquire at least a travel spray now…you know, in case it gets axed ?
Psst, I have it on excellent authority that a travel spray of this will be up for the swapmeet, if you can wait! (or would be up for a private swap, if you can’t!)
Dead of winter here. The perfume not the season though I wore a beanie yesterday because I was cold.
By the way, if you say it’s Waitangi Day can I have another holiday?
Of course you can! All your holidays are 2 days long if you stop by here 😉
Brought my canine pal into the vet very early this morning for surgery to repair a torn ACL. Very concerned so it’s mostly the smell of fear around here, barely covered up with some Habit Rouge.
Oh, poor baby! I hope the doggo heals quickly! ?
Sending well wishes to your pup. Hang in there SFguy!
Aww, poor pupper. Good luck!
Best wishes for your dog’s recovery, hope Habit Rouge does the job.
Hope his surgery goes well! I know the smell of fear, too ?
I hope the surgery went well and he has a speedy recovery. ?
Sending well wishes for your dog’s procedure and recovery!
I’m told that the procedure went very well and I look forward to picking her up tomorrow. Last I heard she was even wagging her tail.
Glad to hear that the surgery went well!
Testing Hyde from a sampler today. No bueno. For some reason I was expecting a leather/animalic, probably because I thought the spelling was HIDE, but it’s HYDE.
Anyway, I didn’t have a chance to participate in the splitmeet due to work and password issues, so I’m offering up the two fragrances listed below. I don’t have room for ”likes,” only for “loves” so these must journey onwards. Please call dibs here and email me with your screen name at taiga101 in the land of yahooligans.
1) Lush Cardamon Coffee 30ml used 4-5 times
2) JHAG Moscow Mule 7.5ml travel spray used 2-3 times.
Happy Humpday !!
Yikes, should have mentioned CONUS only!
Geez, I mean “freebiemeet.” I need more coffee….
Oooh dibs on #1 please!
Done! ??
Oo0psie! Please email me your mailing address and I’ll get it out to you next week. Cheers! ✌?
Will email you today! Thank you so much!
I’m not sure if this is at the mercy of the *2 dibs, tapout* rule and I had my two freebie dibs already, but the split meet is technically over……. : )
I’d love to try the Moscow mule, so dibs, unless someone never claimed their full two dibs during the meet. I’ll keep an eye on the comments here before emailing!
You’re good! Send me you mailing address and I’ll get it out to you. Cheers!
Apparently Mother Nature is slowly trying to kill me. Kanuka, you seem to be neighborly with her, maybe put in a good word for me?
Sotd is Alien Essence Absolu.
You smell wonderful 😉 That was my first thought for this week’s CP so I’m saving it for Friday.
Mother Nature says not long till spring and then summer heat waves
You’re wearing what I’d consider the “Empress” in the Alien line. Very regal.
Papillon Anubis today-definitely in the fire range. There’s a bit of burning rubber in the beginning.
I love this perfume and all other incense and leather perfumes that come my way are not as good as this one. You smell divine!
Why thank you! It’s the closest thing I’ve found to smelling like the aloeswood incense I burn and love, so it’s a winner for me!
Ooh, I just ordered a sample of Anubis this morning.
I hope you like it! I think it’s really nice and well balanced.
I really love Anubis, so I think you smell wonderful!
Good morning everyone! I always feel a bit cheated going back to work after a one day holiday, but I always then feel delightfully surprised when the weekend arrives so quickly!
It’s colder here than it should be for summer, Guerlain’s Encens Mythique d’Orient seems right (and I’m very pleased to see that my auto-correct is getting more useful again with perfume names – an upgrade a while back lost all the names it had learned to recognise).
That is one of my desert island perfumes
It was suggested in a Facebook fragrance group that Body Shop Smoky Poppy body lotion and Pacifica Mediterranean Fig were great together. I am happy to report that indeed they are and some brilliant nose needs to create a smoky oriental fragrance with fig.
And such a pity all those Pacifica perfumes are discontinued.
I think the Smoky Poppy range has been discontinued too. Although I did spot the lotion at Marshall’s the other day, so it’s still around if you keep an eye out!
In Bombay Bling – I appreciate this but I think its not for me. On the swapmeet list it goes!
It is not for me either 🙂
Not fire. But warming. Gourmand Coquin.
Once again wearing the “homemade” vanilla skin-moisturizing oil. At some point I will do the vanilla bean version, chocolatemarzipan. 🙂 The way you describe it, I’m sure it smells delicious. 🙂
Yum…. when you are done with your current supply you can work on the DIY version ?
I am warm and cozy today with Ambre Precieux.
The amber I wish I had bought years ago, you smell wonderful!
“Amber wearing weather” will be returning to my area this weekend, according to the latest forecast. They feel so good in cold weather.
Thunked a tiny sample of Memoir Woman today. Wore this the third time, first i didn’t like it at all, but now i am “getting” it a bit more. I think i have another sample to test more….
One of you fabulous people sent me a decant of Amouage Interlude Woman some time back (swap, freebie, or split – I can’t remember), so I am now sitting in a cloud of warm and slightly bitter exoticness. Nice.
So, I was thinking this morning (as I do many a morning) about how I would prefer to spend my days. I am getting to the point where retirement is a (somewhat soon) possibility, and the more I think about it, the more eager I am to bring it on. Work life seems to get more and more stressful and difficult, and less purposeful, with each semester (I work in the increasingly bureaucratic community college system). I wrote some stuff down in a notebook, but when I logged onto NST this morning, I figured it couldn’t hurt to send it out into the fragrant universe. Here’s what I have so far:
Wake up naturally, to no alarm.
Fix a cup of tea, or coffee if I’m feeling the need.
Feed the animals (currently just Otto Mi Gato, but I’m hoping for more).
Spend an hour or two doing yoga, mobility training, stretching, meditating, and breathing.
Purposeful work: art, gardening, learning, cooking.
Play with the dogs, brush the cats.
Do good works.
Eat well.
Spend time with loved ones, or enjoy my solitude, depending on the day.
Did I miss anything? How would y’all spend your days?
Exactly like you.
That all sounds awesome!
I’d probably do some things I have less time for now.
Like, there are volunteer opportunities that I would love to take on, but don’t fit my schedule. The great thing about volunteering is that it keeps a “work” structure in that you have to commit hours, be reliable etc, and it’s a good way to find new communities of people.
And I would take loads of classes, $ permitting.
Agreed – I’m a girl who likes a little structure in her day, and I would love to be able to give of my time in that way.
And classes. So much to learn about.
I think you missed perfume! Unless that’s under ‘do good works’
My personal list would include time in nature, observing nature
Reading
Walking not driving, sniffing
letting go of having to be an expert or good at something and just do it for fun
I added “get some fresh air” to my written list.
Tack a good book or movie onto the end and that sounds like a perfect day.
I like your list very much. I wish our society/culture/economy was structured so that we can live like that always and not only in retirement
Right? At least have more time off, and less constant pressure.
I totally get this. I’m trying to think of how I can continue to cut expenses and live cheaply, so I can do more of the things that I enjoy on a daily basis.
My biggest hiccup is healthcare. And generally, that’s either through Medicare/supplemental insurance after retirement, or healthcare that is provided through a job before retirement age. Have you found a work around?
Unfortunately, I was born with some congenital heart issues and had partial corrective surgery as a child, but will need more as cardiac function declines. I’m flummoxed on how to even get insurance for the three months I want to take off for Alaska this summer…?
Oh man! I’m sorry to hear that health insurance may stop you (but I get it: I would not be brave enough to forego insurance).
I definitely won’t forgo insurance. If I was in my 20’s, I’d probably risk it, but not at 53 soon to be 54. These are the “breakdown years” ?
I’ve got healthcare through the college now, but it keeps getting cut back (higher deductibles, fewer options, less coverage, you know the drill).
I’m seriously considering starting a small co-housing group with some of my friends. Piece of land, some cottages, a communal garden, and the sharing of resources and labor.
Alaska sounds lovely. I have a friend who goes every summer to visit her sister on Kodiak island, and she always hates to leave.
Your cohousing group sounds like a good idea for a group of like minded people.
I probably won’t want to come back either, but Van life during the 6 months of an Alaska winter is No Go! ?
Do you qualify for COBRA? It will cost a bit more but your current employer / agency is the one that would offer it.
Hey now, that’s something I haven’t thought of. Generally, if I have a signed contract, I can go up to 28 days between assignments and be covered. I never thought of COBRA but I will ask about it. Thanks for the suggestion! ??
That list sounds pretty darn good to me! I would add in a bit of travel to it.
I love your first item, waking up naturally. Morning people don’t get it when I say how much I hate the sound of an alarm clock. I really loathe that I have to wake up so early in order to be at work by 7:30 AM.
I would add a couple of things:
(1) Travel–I want to visit all 50 U.S. states, and am trying to finish that before I retire. I am up to 38, and will probably add 2 more this year, so it is a realistic goal. I would like to finish that goal so that I can travel internationally in retirement, which I do not have enough time off to do properly while I am working.
(2) Music–I love going to early music workshops and occasionally getting together with other local-ish musicians to jam. By local-ish, I mean that I have to travel ~50 miles to do it. If I were retired, I could do it more often, and go to more than one music workshop per year.
(3) Reading–I am way behind on books I would like to read, and I really don’t like reading for just 15 or 20 minutes at a time. I want to immerse myself in a book for hours at a time, and I simply cannot do that now.
You already mentioned art, and one thing I definitely plan to do is get back to painting. Painting and music both can absorb any amount of time available to devote to them, can be done any time of the day or night, and are tremendously satisfying.
Traveling so wearing Jasmin et Cigarettes for the second day in a row. I like it well enough, and it’s working for the climate in this part of SC, but I still don’t want a FB. Also, I thought I’d have thunked this sample by now, but it just keeps on going!
I wish I could habe made it out to Greenville to see you, but I’ve had commitments all week after work. Will you be returning at any point?
I love Jasmine et Cigarette in the SC climate. It works beautifully. I hope you’re enjoying the gorgeous weather we’ve been having!
Good afternoon Y’all…..
Smellin’ fruity chocolately floral in English Laundry Signature for Her. Perfectly wearable…not a love, but a strong like. Perfect for the office because it’s easy to wear and close to the skin. Good stuff!
I’m in Carner Barcelona Sweet William, which I’ve been meaning to wear since Angela’s review some weeks ago. I just love it. I think it’s equal parts carnation and ylang ylang with spices and a white pepper top note.
That sounds lovely!
Oooooh! Carnation and ylang ylang? Sounds great!
Still in Spain. My time here is getting short, but as it is my husband is struggling to cope. He took leave, but now work issues are cropping up and the youngest, who usually is accused at school of ignoring kids and being asocial (i.e. on the spectrum) had a physical altercation with another child. No SOTD but I have another perfume shop recommendation: a friend who is in Granada recommended a little perfume store in BibRambla square: not The Beauty Shop, but Beauty The Shop. (Does that have to do with Spanish grammar?) Either way, she thought it was quite eclectic and that I would have enjoyed it. Maybe someone has a trip coming up? It seems the tourist season starts much earlier in Spain than the rest of Europe.
Enjoy the time you have left, Amytis, and hope you are able to keep yourself from getting stressed by long distance issues!
And hugs to your littlest, that is all tough stuff and school is so hard.
I’m sorry you’re feeling so much stress.
Hugs to you and your family. Enjoy the time you have left in spain!
This probably amounts to a confession in this crowd, but I was just talked into trying the new Chance Eau Tendre EDP while running in and out of Ulta, and I am loving it! It absolutely smells like shampoo and like nothing in my collection, but it’s making this dreary day somehow fruity and happy while retaining a little bit of that Chanel powderiness.
I thought the edp was really nice too.
Nothing wrong at all with a perfume that makes YOU happy!
Back in the thoroughly deficient “F!” by Fragonard today. Just so I could empty the bottle and be done with it. :^D
thunk
and I am still waiting for my cup of liquid marzipan 😉
Ha! How far are you from your nearest REWE supermarket?
I’ll see if they have any more of it next week. ;^)
Ha!!! I am so so so far away!
More spring-like temps where I am at, although a LOT of thick grey clouds have moved in during the afternoon. Rain is promised/threatened for the overnight hours. ☔?
SOTD = CK Euphoria. Still purring along with this. I do have options for fire or ice, should the mood strike.
I love your monogamy with this fragrance…so glad you brought it out to wear and enjoy! I so often feel as though our full bottles get neglected.
I too love to see posts from those that really love a few things and return to them. This brings me joy.
🙂
I’m happy that I dug out my bottle, and that the perfume still smelled like I remembered it. I can’t even remember the last time I had worn Euphoria.
I am happy for you too! Sometimes I wonder why I am on the elusive quest for “the one” when it’s (or they have) been with me all alone…sitting lonely and neglected in my basement 🙂
I’m envious of the coffee aficionados who have so many options. Maybe I should look into ordering from Philz. Today I’m in Patchouli Nosy Be which isn’t ice but not exactly fire either. It’s ridiculously warm and humid here and I felt so cranky I finally turned on the ac. Hurray! I did 100 errands today and cleaned my study. Amazing how much you can get done when the Internet goes out for the afternoon! I’m cheerful now because I bought a little Oriental rug in a thrift store and it’s perfect in my bedroom. Plus, the cats love it! My classes were lively yesterday but I was cooking because the building still had heat on despite the near 80 degree temperature. Ugh.
Here’s my new rug with Meow the cat: https://flic.kr/p/QRUvpg
Well, that’s downright adorable! I love the color scheme, kitty included?
That is SO cute!! ?? Meow looks very content in that photo.
The adorable kitty matches the rug perfectly.
A cat-approved rug. 🙂 Cute!
Nice rug and beautiful kitty ?
Great picture! Obviously that rug is a kitty magnet.
After the Bois d’Armenie wore off (at least to my out of kilter congested nose), I dabbed on the last of my Rich Hippie Flower Child. First (non-sample) thunk of the year!
Whoo hoo for non-sample thunk!
Wearing several drops of Prada Vetiver from my mini; not sure if I’m participating this week.
I’m feeling a bit vindicated at work because with the recent restructuring that is ongoing; my Supervisor is trying to get me back on my previous team. Someone else higher up decided to move me to a different team (which would be a nice change, but totally different work). It won’t happen right away in the next week or 2, but he’s fighting for me.
It’s nice to be wanted!
Thank you. Yes, it is!
? so late!
SOTD = Aftelier Alchemy
? How did it qualify for hajusuuri’s Red Package challenge? The rollerballs came packaged in fabric pouches. The fabric pattern for each pouch has red flecks! I need to take a picture and post it on IG.
Your IG pictures are great! And I never noticed Chergui’s depth of color until I held the bottle up to the light. It totally qualifies for your challenge.
Ditto the IG picture love! Especially love the photos of international travel!
Late, but Wednesday was Alaia day for me!