Friday, and Opera Day. Our community project for today 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). Thanks go to Glannys for the suggestion!
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.
Me: on vacation, day 1. It will be mostly a travel day, and I am commando. (But if I was home, I'd be doing ice in The Different Company De Bachmakov.) With any luck I will check in later tonight after a rum punch on the beach.
Reminder: on 2/15, wear a natural perfume, if you have one. Suggested by chocolatemarzipan8.
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.
I’m in Cristalle today. It doesn’t really remind me of winter, but it is surprisingly lovely in cold weather. We’re supposed to get snow tonight and through the weekend, and I will likely be wearing something warmer, perfumewise – Cuir Ottoman, or Gucci EDP, or Feu Secret … or maybe I’ll dig out my tiny sample of Chergui. Who knows? Happy Friday everyone. 🙂
I love love Cristalle in the winter!
All of your picks sound so wonderful!
Thanks Kelly! I think you and I might be scent sisters, if not exactly scent twins. Btw, I love your new gravatar – being a newlywed is so much fun. 🙂
Awww I just noticed your gravatar–so sweet 🙂
Is the Cristalle EDP or EDT?
Today it’s the EDT, but I have and love both of them.
Has it on my list as ice (EDT). You smell gorgeous!
Yes! Ice, for the name Cristalle if nothing else, although it is a cool(ish) scent.
I wore Cristalle only in the winter in the 1970s. I always viewed it as a winter fragrance because the vintage was chock full of oakmoss which gave it incredible depth.
Hello house twin! Smelling great in Cristalle!
I’m wearing Tibetan Mountain Temple, for the ginger, which I love. I’m considering it the fiery portion of the fire & ice project.
You smell great! Tibetan Mountain Temple smells like Christmas to me.
Me too!
So sad that this is the very first Pacifica fragrance and they d/c despite a cult following and love.
I’m really disappointed by the company Pacifica has become. They made so many unique, beautiful scents and offered them as perfumes, body products, candles and reed diffusers. Spanish Amber is my favourite. I used to love the Thai Lemongrass one as well… California Star Jasmine and Egyptian Bergamot Rose… 🙁
I completely agree! They discontinued about 15-20 beautiful fragrances and I don’t know why as I know there were many perfumistas who loved them …. I also miss their candles (so affordable and so beautiful) and reed diffusers as well……I stocked up on the solid perfumes because they discontinued them too….and yes, I also loved Egyptian Bergamot Rose as well as Avalon Juniper, Nerola Orange Blossom, Tunesian Jasmine, Bali Lime Papaya, Brazilian Mango Grapefruit, Med Fig, Spanish Amber, Mexican Cocoa…..ugh, I could go on and on!
and I looked up a few of them to see availability online..would you believe that Med Fig is selling for 78 dollars on amazon! I paid 15 dollars for it at my local health food store back in the day!
That is crazy! I have some real oldies stashed away from waaaaay back…. Vietnamese Ylang Ylang French Lavender, Pacific Red Ginger, Wild English Clary Sage, and Morrocan Chamomile Apple Blossom. They are all amazing! There were a lot more discontinued years ago that people may have never heard of. I think I tried Madagascar Spice but not Carribean Sugar Pumpkin. Oh and Marzipan from their Christmas scents! 😉 Speaking of candles and incense, Banana Republic also had a great line about 20+ years ago. Green Vine, Boxwood, Beach House, Napa, Nightime were some of the scent names – there were about 10 or 12. I still have a half burned Napa candle that is such a gorgeous scent. Anybody remember them? I think Beach House stuck around for a while. The most authentic beach scent I thought.
Started my day with Mary Greenwell’s Fire (to be honest, in name only). Post shower, I’ve switched it out for Serge Luten’s Bapteme du Feu, which may well turn out to be my bargain find of the year – double discounted in TK Maxx to £21. Yeah, you can stick your ridiculous, exorbitant new pricing Serge/Shiseido…
Hahaha quite right.
That is an absolute bargain. I have never seen anything that good in a tk maxx I thought it was all katy Perry perfumes and yardley
Well done you!
Agreed! American TJ Maxx stores are pretty much the same.
what a bargain! I really enjoy BdF, and thought I had done well when I got a back up for £40.
I found a bottle of Jacques Fath Iris Gris for $8.99 at TJ Max in Boston but decided to get Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds instead ?
Hello all, I’m in the original versace which smells of hyacinths and pears so very much on the winter/spring border. I am a lover of spicy oriental scents so usually if be on the fire side of this but I felt like a change.
Actually I would love to be wearing lamp black by a roaring fire but instead my baby and I are watching the rain -which is still lovely and cosy.
Baby snuggles watching the rain sounds wonderful.
SotD = Eau des Merveilles + l’air du desert marocain
Thank you to NovemberRose for the suggestion yesterday, EdM + laddm is a lovely combination.
For today’s Fire theme I’ve also dabbed a bit of Ambre Narguile on my arms, also adds a little extra Yes to Hermes! to my day. 😀
I love the photo up top, Robin.
Have a fabulous Friday, perfumed peeps! You smell amazing. 😀
Wow. Can I come stand near you?
oh, yes please! it’s nice to have an appreciative nose nearby 😀
Glad you’re enjoying it!
whoo-hoo! it’s a great combination 😀
I love the way EdM subtly raises the way many other scents waft!
I love Hermes so much. So many of theirs really really work for me. I can only imagine how great you smell!
thanks, KellyC! I’m forever grateful for Hermes! and Guerlain 😀
I always enjoy saying Yes to Hermes 🙂
yay! sometimes I go all out and say, “Yezzzz to air-mezzzzz!” in a loud voice 😀
Sorta twin…after a day in something else I made another experiment with EdM in a decant and a few drops of sandalwood oil.
gulp! EdM + sandalwood sounds like a divine inspiration. Heaven help me if Ms Nagel gets ahold of your idea 😀
Tiffanie, if you have any e.o.s around the house you can make it yourself. I spray some EdM in a 3 or 5 ml decant and then just add a few drops of any e.o. of my choosing. Normally I can’t smell EdM on my skin so the e.o. amps it up and also allows me to enjoy the e.o. in sprayable format.
Keeping warm and beautiful in my vintage Chloe
You smell great! I looked up the vintage perfume bottle, and it is lovely. I have some parfum, but none with a glass stopper – do you dab with the stopper?
I do!
I recently bought this at a local antique shop near me, it’s from 1978. Really potent, one dab lasts and lasts and then some!
YOu are smelling divine…I am going to have to dig out my identical bottle and wear it soon!
Robin, enjoy your vacation and happy blog birthday. Thank you so much
Yes, ditto! So thankful for NST and perfume friends!
Agree! NST is an oasis of kindness and great smelling people.
Oh my, it is my blog birthday! And I apparently celebrated by doing very little blogging 🙂
Thanks you goddessrena.
I went for ice with Chanel No 22. The aldehydes remind me of sunlight sparkling on the snow.
Nice image and you smell beautiful!
Thanks E. ?
I was soooo close to wearing No. 22 today!
? Almost twin.
Another house twin! Yay!
To finish up my week of Serge Lutens, everything warm to counteract this icy week, I’m wearing Rousse, possibly his warmest scent (although there’s a lot of competition) — dusty cinnamon, tree resins, and smoky cedar, like a Christmas bonfire.
Yum!
I must have tried that at some point, and clearly it didn’t make it to the top of my list, but you make it sound delicious.
It’s raining here too and a little chilly in my mini loft. Last night I wore LDDM to bed and it was so cozy to warm in it under the covers!
SOTD: LDDM not a fire but a burning ember
I’m switching to this one this evening. Burning ember is so true.
i agree
I went with fire on this cold, snowy day (think smoldering coals rather than open flames): The Body Shop Red Musk.
Fire: first with Noir Epices and have just put on Mohur extrait de parfum. And it doesn’t even feel like winter today.
You smell lovely. I have been wearing Mohur extrait a lot lately (another one I was on the fence about for years, until it finally “clicked” and then it was pure love). It’s supposed to be a limited edition perfume. I wonder if that is true, or if she will continue to make it.
And, speaking of roses, I have been meaning to ask you (since I know you are a tea lover) if you have any recommendations for a good rose flavored tea (black or green, although I think black is a more traditional match). I am very fond of Fortnum and Mason’s Rose Pouchong but it is not available in the US and I have exhausted my stash.
Have a nice weekend!
That is a tough one to answer. The rose flavoured tea I have at the moment is bought at a shop in Bruxelles that doesn’t sell online. (it’s a rose scented oolong).
Damman Frères used to do a great rose scented green tea, alas discontinued. I also remember drinking a Marriage Frères Darjeeling that had rose in it. I think it was called Darjeeling Rose Camélia.
https://www.mariagefreres.com/FR/2-darjeeling-rose-camelia-darjeeling-sftgfop1-T1268.html
MF Lune Rouge is nice as well. It’s a green tea with rose and ginger.
More of a floral fruity blend with a strong rose accent is Palais des Thés Thé du Hammam.
Another option would be to get a good quality rose water and add a dash to your tea of choice.
https://boisdejasmin.com/2013/02/10-ways-to-use-rosewater-perfume-beauty-food.html
This post at Boisdejasmin ought to give you some pointers.
Thank you so much for your thoughtful recommendations. I had forgotten about The du Hammam. I will search for the others as well.
If you don’t mind me butting in, I have a couple of US-based recommendations for rose tea. The first one is a black tea sold by Tea & Absinthe (based in the NYC area but not sure if they have a physical storefront):
https://www.teaandabsinthe.com/black-tea/rose-marzipan
The second is also a black tea sold by Capital Teas (used to be in the Annapolis, MD area):
https://www.capitalteas.com/Royal-Wedding-Commemorative-Tea-p/2041.htm
Caveat: it has been a while since I have had the Royal Wedding Black tea at Capital Teas. When I had it last, it was lovely.
I’m wearing Proenza Schouler Arizona. I chose it because we used to go to Arizona during the winter to escape the western Canadian winter (fire) but I think it’s a wonderful perfume for hot weather (ice).
Happy fragrant Friday!
I’m curious about that one! How is it?
I really like it. I think of it as “space flowers”. Are you in the USA? I can send you a decant if you’d like.
That’s so kind of you, but I can easily sample it on my next trip to the mall.
I think I’m more interested in the idea of it (I have totally romanticized the American Southwest) than the notes list.
Thanks to the great generosity of a NSTer I am warm and cozy in Molinard Habanita. Revisiting classics always makes me smile and smell beautiful, something that I rarely experience these days wearing more recent releases. The search continues…
Habanita is SO beautiful, and even recent reformulations haven’t, as is so often the case, altered it beyond recognition. I bought a modern bottle a couple of years ago and it might not be as good as vintage but it’s miles above most other things on the market.
I am glad to hear that reformulations have not destroyed the beauty of such a gorgeous perfume. I wish I could smell masterpieces on the market again. Someday maybe?
Great choice!
Thank you Springpansy! ?
Another scent I considered for this CP. You smell wonderful.
Thank you Glannys! Habanita is so warm and inviting!
Keeping warm in Alien Essense Absolue. I posted about it at the ‘on the edge’ poll a little while ago, turns out I couldn’t resist.
I like this version of Alien, have been wearing it this winter layered with SL A la Nuit.
Mmmm, that sounds good!
I grabbed this one recently as well and am surprised at how much I like it, especially since I’m not crazy about the original. I wonder if you’ve also tried the Essenza flanker to Gaultier classique as, to my nose, it bears a striking resemblance to this Alien flanker….
I am a fan of the original, but I’ve read that a lot of people who are not do like the Essense Absolue, so you’re not alone there. Haven’t tried that flanker, though!
I’m wearing a bit of TF Sahara Noir to work, planning to switch to vintage Opium this evening for the fiery spices.
Why did he discontinue that one?
TWINS! I have been wearing TF Sahara Noir for the past 3 days!
More snow and cold coming our way in Seattle, so today is a Chergui day for a bit of personal warmth. TGIF!
You smell great.
Couldn’t resist playing with the theme for today, so I’m wearing Revlon Fire & Ice cologne 🙂 The creamy amber and orange are working nicely to counteract the cold snap we’re having today in the Mid-South. Enjoy your vacation, Robin!
Good pick!
Oooh, I didn’t know there was a cologne, I’m only familiar with the lipstick name. Sounds like it’s more of a fire scent – enjoy & stay warm!
The name alone makes it a perfect choice. 🙂
Looks like we’re triplets thus far! But I don’t really get any orange, but a bit of cherry that sweetens up the warmth.
I had no idea it was Opera Day. Will listen to one of my favorite recordings later to celebrate. Probably some Richard Strauss. Inspired by yesterday’s scarf igloo, I’m wearing 24, Faubourg, which isn’t fiery, but definitely warmish? Not sure, I wear it year round.
Oh I love 24F. You smell great today!
Being literal today in Fire Island. I know beachy perfumes don’t get a lot of love but I actually love them (usually in summer) and this is one of my favs!
You smell great! Fire Island really radiates in the summer.
I may have to pull out my bottle and try it in the cold weather we are STILL having.
Sotd is By the Fireplace. I really like the sweet, smoky note in this one. Would love a bottle but am holding fast to my no buy. But if any one would like to swap a small decant, I can try to make it worth your while! ?
You smell super good!
Thank you!
You smell great! Have you smelled Kerosene Broken Theories? If you like By the Fireplace, I bet you’d like that one, too. They’re different, but they’re both smoky and sweet and beautiful.
Thank you! I haven’t tried any of the Kerosene line yet. Sounds nice!
Pretty sure I have a sample of this that I have yet to sniff.
Opera day! Well, then I’ll be sure to sing a bunch this evening.
Staying toasty in Ginestet Botrytis and…a doughnut.
Thank you all SO MUCH for your kind words for Mayhem yesterday. We had a long end-of-life conversation last night (me and my boyfriend, not me and the cat, though he was present for much of it), and I think we have a good plan of attack. I also appreciated all of your wisdom and experience, since these are the first pets either of us has ever had. We’ll have a home-visit vet come by on Saturday to meet him and get to know him while he’s still relatively healthy, and then call her back when it’s time to say good-bye. Still many tears, but we don’t feel as lost and hopeless anymore. In other cancer news, my father goes in for his second set of chemo days on Monday. Come on, 2019, be better.
Oh, Koyel, I’m so sorry about Mayhem. I had missed your post so just went back to read it. You can add me to one of those saying I think you’ll know when he is ready to say goodbye. A home-visiting vet is a wonderful thing. I was so thankful recently that I got to hold my baby close at the end.
Thank you, LizzieB. I read something a vet or nurse once said, something like, “Always stay in the room with your pet when they’re put down; they look for you.” I’ve certainly taken that to heart and will hold my baby when it’s time.
I’m sorry for your loss, too <3
This is so true. When I was a (very) young adult, I had to unexpectedly put my very first cat down. I was so traumatized that I just left him at the vet. My failure to stay with him has always haunted me and I vowed never to do that again. Although it’s painful, it is also peaceful and comforting and, actually, spiritually healing, to be with a loved pet and help them cross over the Rainbow Bridge. My very best to you.
Yes, this is very true. I feel, if it isn’t saying too much, that it’s a way to begin to come to terms with death as a kind of peaceful natural process.
What a kind and loving plan.
It’s the details that get you, though–part of the euthanasia process includes getting a pawprint of your baby in clay, as a keepsake. When I read that, I started bawling.
Oh geez! I would have lost it too, after hearing that. But kudos for arranging things in advance.
That’s just a choice and not required. I personally don’t do that. You have to pay extra. I get a special photo printed and buy a pretty frame, and have an entire area on a shelf devoted to the fur babies I have lost.
Sounds like a really thoughtful plan, Koyel. It’ll still be hard, but having a plan at least might eliminate the crisis part at the last minute.
And best wishes to your dad. Hugs to you- it has been a heavy start of the year for you. Wishing you lots of love and support!
Thanks, Elisa P. That was exactly the goal–avoid trying to make decisions when we’re super stressed and upset.
Hugs for your dad!
Thanks, KellyC <3
A hug from far away!!
Aww, thanks for the intercontinental good wishes.
What a trying start to 2019, Koyel. Sending lots of love. I hope you can take time to indulge in some well-deserved self-care.
(Also didn’t realize that your cat’s name is Mayhem – I love that!!)
Thanks, holyneroli <3 Yep, their names are Mischief and Mayhem, which has brought me no end of joy 🙂
I hadn’t seen your post yesterday. I am deeply sorry about Mayhem. It sounds like you have made a good plan for you and your family. We did something similar with the last cat we lost, Mymble. After her diagnosis of a brain tumour beyond help, we brought her home for a few days. I was worried I was bring selfish, trying to hang on. But it was a very special few days, full of love, and then it was clear she was ready. I’m not sure we were, but she was. It was a hard goodbye, but I think we did the right thing by her. So, love and strength to you and yours.
Oh Mymble, what a perfectly wonderful name for your baby. I’m so sorry for your loss. Thanks for your kind words <3
As someone who’s been through this numerous times, I just wanted to send a big hug your way. I think the steps you are taking are wise and a good way to prepare for future decisions. I can only say, from my heart, you will know when it is time and your pet will thank you. Wishing you courage and strength as you treasure your time with precious Mayhem.
Thank you so much, Laila <3
So sorry to hear all of this 🙁 Sending hugs!
Thanks, Jiji <3
Koyel, I’m so sorry, this is a hard time for you, hope you find some comfort in being prepared.
Sending healing thoughts for your father.
Hugs
Thank you for your support, Aurora <3
I’m wearing Amouage Beach Hut Woman, which despite the dumb name and the cheerful gold bottle, smells smoky, woody, and has a strong minerality. It smells just like a campfire on the beach in winter. Or, at least in late fall or early spring. It’s both fire and ice!
The name seems like such an odd choice. And there was another weird one — Imitation or something equally awkward. Glad the scent is much better!
Someone once mused that their coffee place made up names to embarrass customers, e.g. having to say “I want a tall Ethiopian”.
Haha! That’s great.
Omg that reminds me of a tumblr post from awhile back that still makes me snort (warning: juvenile humor, slightly-NSFW): http://kingoftheunderground.tumblr.com/post/168946069209/i-work-at-a-coffee-shop-and-have-gotten-all-my#notes
That was rather funny! ?
That definitely sounds like something I need to sniff!
Def. has patchouli in there too, so if that’s off-putting, it might not be. I like it! A little dirty, a little smoky.
Testing oud samples again, this one is Ensar Oud Cambodia 2010, which they’ve named Bliss du Boche. I liked yesterday’s Aceh 2016, Aceh Candan, better. They also have a new sandalwood, Kupang 1998, that I may need more of.
I prefer the scent of burning oud incense to that of the extracted oil, but you need to devote full attention to it for 15 to 30 minutes, and then it’s done. That’s great for meditation, but otherwise it’s more convenient to dab on an oil when I’m reading and take a sniff from time to time.
I wallowed in oud samples last summer and felt these tropical essences were great in the heat and humidity. Then I gravitated back to perfume in the fall. Now I’m pulled back to oud because the bone dry winter air is sucking the life out of my perfumes!
I also love the smell of the incense. I’m savoring the premium aloeswood (agarwood) incense I bought around the holidays. I only burn it if I can sit and enjoy it.
Huh! I thought I posted. Maybe I posted in some other chain. A random msg in most other contexts! :
Warming up in Ylang 49
Definitely a fire-scented day – last drops of Safran Troublant and Piment Brulant (samples) on my arms and two sprays of Hypnotic Posion on my neck.
I am enjoying reading your pick for the theme. 🙂
Glannys how is the piment note in Piment Brulant? I have been tempted for a long time to get a sample of it.
L’Artisan website mentions chili pepper in the description, and this is how this perfume smells to me – spicy with a vegetable-like freshness.
I imagine that a chili pepper smells like this if you cut or crush it. Initially I was dissapointed by it, because I expected a spicy hot chocolate scent, but then I grew to like this fresh, almost juicy spiciness. Nothing sweet, nothing like chocolate (to me at least). Raw chili pepper. A winter tonic!
Oh my! I have been obsessed lately with the chili pepper note in perfumes. I will order a sample of this one right away. Thank you Glannys! ?
I hope you’ll like it!
Dame Perfumery is going to release a chili pepper scent sometime in the near future.
Thank you Sistine! Looking forward to that Dame release. Hope it is sooner than later! ?
I went for ice today in Insolence EdT. Violet is very chilly to me. Jeepers, this is a beast of a scent. (In a good way). One spritz on the arm is almost too much until it dries down and calms a bit.
Oh, good call on icy.
Literally wearing Revlon Fire and Ice today which I got years ago in a vintage ebay lot and I think this is my second time wearing it. More warm than fiery, it’s a pretty oriental
Hi, triplet! I’ve had my bottle for years (read below). For a drugstore cheapie, it’s quite a nice scent.
Wearing Au Dela Narcisse, inspired by jiji yesterday. It’s a warm, but bright floral. The labdanum in the base does smolder.
Beautiful!
🙂 You smell fantastic!
The spring-like greenness and smooth moss with the ambery glow, a great combo.
SOTD is Tom Ford’s Noir de Noir. Happy Friday! 🙂
One of my all time favs! You smell amazing.
I’m sticking with DSH furs, today in Une Robe de Zibeline (which I question the French of btw) – but it’s already sort of faded so I am eying my office samples for the afternoon….
Wearing the warming Velvet Rose and Oud.
I’m a sort of twin in By Kilian Rose Oud. I was just longing for that sort of deep rich red rose smell and this one delivers.
Going for warm today in Un Crime Exotique. I smell very much like gingerbread. Portland is preparing for snow, but I think the storm won’t bring a lot. But I grew up in Michigan, where winters were snowy and we drove in it and managed to cope.
The problem is being around the majority of the people who don’t know how to deal.
It’s a mild and blustery day but I went for ice in Winter Delice which wears like a snowy forest.
How interesting! It’s a lovely scent, but it smells so warm to me (resins, vanilla) that I would put it in a fire category.
Going with fire in
TDC Palo Inscenso
from a sample
It smelled nice, cedar & pine, so I used the entire vial, splashed on arms & neck…I feel so decadent!
Thunk!
? on the THUNK!
De Bachmakov is one of the most gorgeous things I’ve ever smelled, and if I win the lottery it’s the first expensive perfume I’m buying.
I’m wearing Venezia by Laura Biagotti, as thinking of Italy does indeed make me feel warmer. It’s a sunny, warm perfume anyway. Very summery to me.
It’s been on my buy list since I smelled it. I did finally get a decant.
Hi gang! I’m commando twins with Robin today, as I’m flying back home after my California adventure.
I came, I saw, I sniffed. The Aftelier Museum, Scent Bar and Orris Perfumery were all lovely places, and I recommend them highly.
My cousin was traveling with me for part of the trip, and we visited Oakland Fresca for a delicious brunch. It was the first time to meet an NSTer in real life for me, and we had so much fun sniffing through her fragrances!
Looking forward to sleeping in my own bed tonight. ?
Sounds like so much fun! Can’t wait to hear deets- and I’m curious to hear about Orris. It’s on my list for when I visit LA next (August for my sister’s 60th!)!
What a fun trip!
Wasn’t the Aftelier Museum fun?
Meeting up with NST folks is always so much FUN! I’m glad you had a wonderful visit. 🙂
By the by, I made a cocktail with the blood orange essence– still needs some work: aperol, vodka, triple sec, soda, lime juice, and the essence… 🙂 !
You are required to keep experimenting, then! ?
Oh that all sounds awesome!
Didn’t know about the fire&ice, but feeling snug in Parfums de Nicolaï Vie de Chateau. I smell like a lovely barn.
That sounds fabulous! Wish it were available here.
Wearing Le Labo Labdanum 18 which keeps me warm in winter. Alternatively I was thinking of wearing L’Eau d’Hiver from Frederic Malle.
I grabbed my Shalimar extract as I had to be quick this morning. The roofers are back thumping around to do some work they missed on several units (like the vents on the back). I didn’t want to look through my window only to be staring back at someone on my roof.
So I’m partially on track with this as it will become smoky in the dry down.
Enjoy your vacation Robin!
So far, excellent, thank you Gail!
I am in Tauer Vanilla oil layered with Delacourte Virgile.
I am at work (Derm clinic) , trying some new natural Deodorants and Face oil from Agent Nateur (not affiliated).
Ooh that’s a great combo – i have been doing that one alot
I was thinking of LADDM or Shalimar. LADDM wasn’t really calling to me and Shalimar isn’t really work safe. So I am wearing Lonestar Memories instead. Jake, my dog, is feeling much better. We think that he ate something in the yard that really didn’t agree with him. We live in a rural area and out yard is partially wooded so it could have been anything.
Good to hear that your dog is feeling better! ?
SOTD is Aftelier Alchemy, one of the emergency perfumes in my handbag. I was really looking forward to this CP but this cold put a damper on it.
How many emergency perfumes do you have in your handbag?
As to your cold, kick it to the curb this weekend!
I think there are three in my handbag right now–Alchemy, Lush Sun, and the remainder of a sample vial of Ibitira from the other day. I did have Flower Child in there, but I thunked it the other day. I try to keep 2 or 3 small bottles or vials of perfume in my bag.
I would love to kick this cold to the curb. I really feel OK, but my sniffer is somewhat off right now.
The temperature dropped 44F overnight with a howling north wind, just got back from a Dr’s appointment and it’s freezing outside! It was like early spring yesterday.
Wearing my dear old favorite Black Cashmere today, over Stash lotion and hair mist. Honestly, I think the wind peeled the scent off me, going to put on LADDM next. Even my scarf just smells like fresh air. Enjoy your weekend everyone 🙂
It dropped TO 44F or BY 44F? The latter sounds horrible!
BY 44F. Like 55F on Thursday to 9F Friday morning, is that 44F? Or more? Anyway really cold! The kind of cold I associate with Montana? Or Canada? Not with northern Indiana, boo.
That sounds like a monster cold front! Yeek!
Wow, that is a serious drop in temperature.
“I think the wind peeled the scent off me” ❤️❤️❤️
SOTD = Solstice Scents Estate Vetiver
This might as well be called Estate Patchouli. This is a warming scent. Solstice Scents is so underrated, y’all really should check out this brand.
Looking forward to reading others’ picks.
And how does this meet my Red Package challenge, you ask? The label and box have reddish brown spots to mimic natural flaws in parchment paper look.
Love Estate Vetiver and agree it is so much less about the vetiver and more about patch and boozy vanilla….
You and I and LizzieB are the only ones who seem to be talking about Solstice Scents!
and I only know about them because of YOU!!!!
I’m wearing Teint de Neige on a cold day, after a really snowy day yesterday (about 5 inches fell). It just seemed like the right perfume.
this is really a cool and powdery smell. very fitting for snow.
Beautiful choice for a cold day!
Chris Rusak’s Io. It might be a wild, wet blustering night…but I’m living for this heavenly dry-earthed high desert, full of the ghosts of past and future fires.
Beautiful and apt description. You smell great!
Finally decided to wear Bulgari Black for work, which works fine with the Fire theme.
Got a package from Rogue Perfumery with my bottle of Chypre Siam today. I am totally pleased with my blind buy! Reminds me a bit of EL Private Collection, but with jasmine and ylang.
Got stressed a lot at work, as the chiefs decided to put my colleague on extended vacation, because they think its his fault, that our receptionists quit the job like mad. They would stay if the chiefs would pay them better, but they don’t want to hear that. So they blame him, and i am left with the work and some collegues have to come from afar and help me out. I think i will hate the next weeks at work…
De-stressed with the boyfriend and went to a nearby Italian restaurant, which we never tried and had some nice pizza, wine and some panna cotta and tiramisu.
That sounds awful, tannina. Best of luck dealing with that situation.
Good luck with your work situation tannina!
Hang in there, Tannina, hope that situation will be resolved and that things get back to normal.
Today’s cp inspired me to pull out a fragrance I haven’t worn in a long, long time. It was possibly the first fragrance I purchased having read about it on the various perfume-related websites I had started reading, as it was popular back then although I was not familiar with it.
According to the back of the box, Revlon Fire & Ice is: “A sensual blend of sheer florals, warm musk and vanilla.”. “Play with fire, skate on thin ice” is its trademark phrase. Fragrantica lists a myriad of notes, including citrus topnotes (providing cool, refreshing ‘ice?’) and incense and amber base notes (warm ‘fire’ at the bottom). On me, it’s a warm vanilla/amber, and although not listed as a note, I get a hint of cherry that sweetens it up (as some reviewers have noted). It’s a perfect scent for another blustery day with windchills in the negative teens.
Robin, have a wonderful vacation! I hope Grenada is still as lush and green as I remember it from a trip there years ago. Wishing the rest of us for whom a trip to the beach is still months away yet a wonderful weekend ahead!
We have not yet been inland. Southern coast is a mix of lush green and parched brown…reminds me a bit of the vegetation in Southern California.
Hermes Eau de Narcisse Bleu
In Angel Muse after deciding that yes, I do want to keep the bottle after all (my TJ Maxx find from yesterday). My other choice would have been Shalimar from the freebiemeet – to me, that’s a work safe scent, seems to melt into my skin, but I know others have a different reaction. My 11 year old says Shalimar smells like “clean diapers”. Hmm. Back to Angel Muse – just fun to wear! Perhaps more fire than ice.
Robin, enjoy that rum cocktail!
Clean diapers! That’s excellent.
And I did, thank you 🙂
Everyone smells marvelous today! I am impressed.
I finished the Memoir Woman sample this morning, which I guess is more warm than cool (even if it doesn’t actually meet the fire or ice threshold).
Robin, after a rum punch (or two) on the beach, I hope the blog will be the _last_ thing on your mind! 😀 Enjoy yourself!
second wearing of vintage Houbigant le Parfum Ideal and I love it…had a friend at work smell it and she said it’s “me”….powdery, soft and ladylike (I will take that compliment!)
Got home and sprayed Casablanca because it’s just gorgeous (and PSA St Clair Scent is having a Valentines sale 10 percent off code LOVE10)
also, tested my new amalgamation of Eau de Mervielles in a 5ml decant with a few drops of sandalwood oil…I have been experimenting all week with various e.o.s added to 5ml of EdM..thus far lavender, neroli,frankincense and sandalwood all separately have all smelled really good…will test jasmine, patchouli, rose and immortelle later on.
Uh oh, enabling alert!
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Ugh. This has been a rough day y’all. For starters, it is the 30th anniversary of my father’s death. I’ve been on edge for a couple of days due to that knowledge. Then today, I find out that someone I know passed on from metastatic stomach cancer plus complications.
SOTD = No. 19 EdT. For Ice, and for Strength.
Hugs you you Jalapeno. You smell perfect!
Thanks, perfumelover67! Iris has been a challenging note for me, but it is in several perfumes that I enjoy very much. I can thank No. 19 for that realization.
Jalapeno, I’m so sorry. You’ve had so much loss in such a short amount of time. I just want to give you a hug.
Thank you lillyjo. My dad’s passing is a melancholy date, but I’ve accepted it. It’s part of what made me the person I am now, for better or for worse.
I’m so sorry, Jalapeno! Sending you hugs.
Thank you Gail.
Hugs to you, jalapeño. It doesn’t ever get easier,modes it? Sorry to hear of your friend’s passing.
Those anniversaries are tough, hope you find comfort in good memories of your father, and sorry for the loss of your friend.
xoxoxoxo
Super late check in. Haven’t even read comments yet. Seattle is in the beginning stages of a snowpocalypse, so it’s been an interesting morning. Started the day at the office and left to work from home at 12 and miraculously made it home and parked just as it started snowing. Apparently everyone tried to leave downtown at the same time an hour ago and everything was gridlocked. 2 hours currently to get to neighboring city north of here that is 30 miles away.
Copying Oakland Fresca from yesterday and wearing Naomi Goodsir Bois d’Ascese for my smoky, woody fire scent. May reapply soon since I’m at home and can smell as strongly as I want!
Stay warm and safe! Lucky you got home on time.
Stopped at the grocery store here in Portland for one thing and the parking lot and store are jammed. Our snow isn’t even supposed to show up until tomorrow, and then it’s a paltry 1-4 inches in the city. Hope you keep electricity and stay safe!
Wow! You really lucked out avoiding the crowds and gridlock. I’m glad to hear that you are safe at home and can hunker down.
Hunker down!
Again with the train! A pox on NJTransit. All freakin’ week, late and cancelled trains, changed tracks and NO ADVANCE NOTICE so you can’t plan ahead. And the late arrival estimate keep changing. Aaaaaargh!
Yikes and yuck! And for so many people there really isn’t a reasonable alternative to the trains.
True! We’re being held hostage to the incompetence of NJTransit!
A lot of stress here the last couple of weeks. The weather just won’t let up, my kids have only been to school two out of ten days. Yesterday my doctor sent me to the hospital suspecting a heart attack, he was wrong, Thank God. I’ve missed alot of work and still trying to get this insurance stuff worked out. I’m lucky I haven’t lost power, so many people here did.
Sotd was Fire Island
Song of the day Time by Pink Floyd
Hey Bear, you out there??
I am sorry to hear you have been going thru a tough time lately. I hope you can have a break from everything soon. Sending hugs and positive vibes!
Thank you, I’m just overwhelmed right now. I’m counting my blessings for sure, though.
Lillyjo, I am very glad to hear that you did not have a heart attack! That’s scary. I’m sorry that the past couple of weeks have been so hard for you.
It was very scary, I have a heart condition which is always worrisome. I’m hoping that this year I can take care of some health issues.
Im glad you are okay
I’m so glad it wasn’t a heart attack, omg. Sorry you are under so much stress lately. I hope you can relax for the weekend and unwind.
Glad it wasn’t a heart attack but oh the stress!
Hoping for some serenity for you Lilijo. Take good care of yourself.
xoxoxoxo
take care of yourself, lillyjo
Cozy and wearing “By the Fireplace” and I’m also burning my Feu de Bois candle- too tired to build a fire.
I’m wearing Lush Breath of God for the warm end of things.After reading the comments I’m tempted to change to By The Fireplace.I love that one too.
Late in the day: Trying Eau d’Hiver. I like it.
SOTD was Memo Paris Marfa. Lovely scent and longish lasting. Not sure there’s anything fiery or icy about it though.