Another week begins! It's also George Harrison's birthday and Peace Corps Week. What fragrance are you wearing?
We're getting a bit of sun, finally, and I'm celebrating in Parfum d'Empire Azemour Les Orangers.
Reminder: on 3/1, wear a fragrance by Floris, Fragonard or Frapin, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter F.
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.
No F’s for me today! After a spate of perfume purchases, I decided to empty one of my emptiest bottles this week. So I’m in Brin de Reglisse and loving it. I honestly don’t know if I’d buy another 100ml to replace it but I love the scent. Maybe I could downgrade to a travel spray.
Have a great Monday!
Oh, I might have to wear that tomorrow now.
It’s really heavenly. And since it’s so light I can wear something else after it fades.
I wouldn’t mind a travel size of this one. It’s such a different scent and doesn’t overpower. Smelling lovely!
I love Brin de Reglisse and totally agree about the staying power, but it’s so lovely while it lasts. I bought a travel size not to long ago and then decided I needed a bigger size, so if you want the travel spray email me at: dark magician grl ZERO (the numeral, not spelled out) at yahooligans dot com and it’s yours.
Behold! A lemming is born!
Coumarin, joining you in ace nt caregory at least. I’m in Reglisse Noire which I also wore all weekend. Loving it.
That should read “scent category”!
Did CM8 put you up to this? She had been scarce lately although U haven’t read past this post to see if she had come up for air!
Nope, I’m an old fan of this one myself.
I’ve always wanted to smell this one! It has been in my sample list for months.
No Fs for me either – I only have Fendi and Frederic Malle, are neither is a small brand.
I am in Guerlain’s Herba Fresca, trying to get a boost of energy from it. I want spring – warm weather, green grass etc.
you smell great House twin!
Thank you!
It looks like there are three of us, and we posted our Guerlains in a row. 🙂
I’m wearing Vol de Nuit. This weeks project is going to be hard for me, since I haven’t got any of the three Fs named.
You are not alone…looks like lots of people do not have small F brands 🙂
You smell good.
Samsara, edp from the cute 30ml bee bottle I got from fragrancenet this fall. I think I smell great, and got a complement from the husband.
I used up a sample of Purology volume shampoo & conditioner, its a soft pink color packaging. The shampoo had a very faint scent of a sort of chypre to me, and the condition a big white floral. These are expensive shampoos, and I have not purchased or used them before, but I thought the subdued power of very perfumey scents were interesting!
You do smell great! Samsara smells both sensual and spititual to me.
Thanks for the reminder on this one. It’s beautiful and works best in winter for me.
Twins! Thanks for inspiring my SotD!?
One of these days I ought to sniff a new bottle of Samsara to see how it compares to my stash.
Extra sprays of Chanel N°5 Eau Première for me today!
Smelling delicious!
The wind downtown NYC today is frightening. Whether going against it, with it or someplace in-between, you are bound to be challenged and God help those that are under 110lbs. :/
We are having scary winds here too in Michigan. They almost lifted the hood of my car while driving!
Yes, we spoke to my aunt in Ann Arbor last night and she said they were afraid tree branches might fall down onto their car in the 60-mile-an-hour wind!
It was easy to stay put on the weekend but now will have to brave it
Wind howling here too in SE PA!
Yes. Yes, it is. Commando as far as perfume goes so far, but I’ll try a sample of something new to me in the evening.
Have a good day, folks!
Hope it turns out to be something good!
Hermes Osmanthe Yunnan. Now I smell like tea. 🙂 Pleasantly so, I think.
I totally forgot about the lime or salt theme last week, when I’d been experimenting with lime essential oil the week before. I guess it just turned out to be a busy day.
I have a little sample of Floris London #89. I’ll try that on Friday, if I remember. If I’m remembering the weather report correctly, we may get snow, in which case I probably won’t leave the house.
Same wind across the river in South Jersey!
Wild winds here in NE Ohio too. Luckily no trees were down on my street this morning!
Please watch the trees! Branches go flying, and I worry about our parks and stuff that’s old or just loose.
It’s soooo windy and I did feel like I was going to get knocked over (and I’m over 110lbs)!
The worst part is getting dirt and debris in my eyes. I need full-on goggles!
Agreed! I sometimes put my sunglasses on for particularly windy days.
Blue skies and sun here. Again. Lucky us.
Sotd Vetiver Extraordinaire
I do not consider F. Malle a small brand so no points for me today.
Lucky you indeed!
It’s Monday already? All I remember about the weekend was laundry and loading the dishwasher over and over…..Sheesh
Working on end-of-the-month chart reviews and other necessary pharmacy business in Elizabeth Arden White Tea. This scent puts me in “professional mode”, as much as that’s possible for me….. 🙂
If anyone is available to assist getting my 3 kids to the dentist, math tutoring, and a part time job all within a 90 minute time period this afternoon, give me a shoutout! I may need to reapply White Tea to survive today! 🙂 #MomLife #PharmacistLife #MomPharmacistCraziness
Yeah, I think I ran the dishwasher four times over Saturday/Sunday… and three of us were gone most of the day on Saturday! (I run my dw when it gets full, not on a daily basis. If it gets full twice a day, it gets run twice.)
Same here….but it’s always full! 🙂
I run it twice a day most days…..
Laundry runs most days too!
No F’s for me either. Sprayed lavishly on Bal de Versailles, thanks to a generous NSTer. I don’t care how loud I smell. That is exactly what I wanted and needed to overcome the exhaustion I am feeling today.
Very windy, but at least it is bright and sunny.
Have a peaceful Monday everyone!
I hope you are feeling less exhausted!
Thank you Robin! After collapsing on the couch for 1 hour and having dinner I feel more rested.
Sometimes collapsing on the couch is very necessary! Glad you feel better.
I read about your crazy work schedule in the weekend thread. I’m sorry to hear that your back on that treadmill again.
Gah! “You’re”, not “your”. Total proofreading fail on my part. ?
Ha! No worries! Honestly, I feel like not only my back but my whole body have been on a treadmill at the highest speed. I am crushing, but I will survive! Hope I can get a break soon!
Hope you can get some rest soon.
May the Universe hear you!!!
The only F brand I have is FM, and as noted above this is not really a small brand. However with no other option I am forced to wear Une Rose- poor me?
You poor thing!
Ha, adding my sympathies.
I am doused in Virgile-Mohur and loving it! I actually can’t wait to try this combo in warmer weather- i think it will smell even better.
Im excited about my Lubin Kismet split (still open if you are interested!) – Kismet has been on my buy list for a whole year so I feel restrained and virtuous.
Ha. If it helps (I know it doesn’t), I’d be asking for a decant if I were allowed to buy anything right now 🙂 You’ve been very restrained and virtuous, and hope you will now enjoy the fruits of your restraint!
Koyel you are a paragon of self-discipline! You go girl!
Awwwww thanks <3
I’ll Always treasure George Harrison because he put up the money to make Life of Brian.
No point for me as I’m wearing Infusion d’Iris.
Tea is a herbal tea calles Jardin des Songes by Palais des Thés. It’s wonderful.
Oh, you reminded me I’ve been meaning to try Palais des Thés! Ha, my perfume no-buy is immediately turning into a tea spree.
Well, at least tea is mostly a lot less expensive than perfume. Palais des Thés is very much worth exploring.
That’s a fun fact about George Harrison!
It’s either in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjwUjWgyfPM
or in this clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcg3j1YkI8
And George/Handmade Films also produced Withnail and I! Nice to see Richard E. Grant at the Oscars last night… wonder if he was wearing one of his scents? 🙂
Richard E. Grant was an absolute delight to watch at the Oscars. I kind of wanted him to win on the strength of his charm alone.
Me too! He’s always so happy and gracious when interviewed! And funny!
I’ve always had a crush on Richard E. Grant. I just think he is wonderful.
I did not know that! I love George Harrison and Minty Python, so that’s awesome.
I’m sure that was a typo, but can someone please please create a perfume called Minty Python?? Smellbent, maybe??
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Maybe the title of a bootleg DVD of the movie? My friend has a nice collection of Eton John CDs!
I would so wear Minty Python!
I’m SO behind this.
Haha! I didn’t notice that. Maybe Zoologist’s future Python scent will have a mint note.
Hello scent twin! What a great anecdote about George Harrison!
George is my favorite Beatle, and the one one whose solo, post-Beatles music I still listen to regularly 🙂
Thanks for posting such a wonderful picture, Robin!
The soundtrack of so many of our lives here on NST.
SOTD was Dzing to go sign tax papers. Good news, the amount I get back is exactly the amount of the treadmill, plus shipping and assembly I just ordered !
You’re done with taxes, good for you! I have not even started.
Can’t think of anything I own that goes with the CP this week. I’m wearing Messe di Minuit today to stay relaxed today as I have a ton of cooking to do and I’m procrastinating terribly. I probably should be wearing something more motivational.
I made a meatloaf and it took all the rest of my energy for the day, so now I am in my easy chair 😉
You smell great, MdM is one of my favorite incense perfumes.
I’m wearing Kimonanthe. I wish I’d remembered on cherry week how much this reminds me of dark cherry liqueur!
Belated points, why not!
Good morning, friends! Partial credit today in Tom Ford F*ing Fabulous, which smells…pretty good. I know I have some Floris samples somewhere. I like a lot of their perfumes very much! But I never fell totally in love with any of them.
I’ve decided to torture myself during my no-buy by looking at the splitmeet page. Both Tiger’s Nest AND Hyde are up for splits, and I just have to sit on my hands and mope.
Ok, get ready to be very mildly proud of me: After much griping here about my job, I finally updated my resume this weekend and sent it somewhere!!! I don’t really have high hopes for it. I talked to a sales rep for a “molecular whiskey” company at a Science of Cocktails drinking/fundraising party (it was great!) a couple weeks ago, and he was just lovely. The company has no open scientist positions, but he suggested I send in my resume anyway to keep on file. It was just the kick I needed to polish up my resume and start thinking about looking for more viable possibilities. It’s just that my job is so fun when things are going well that I forget until things aren’t going well again.
What is molecular whiskey????
Good luck on a job transition!
Thank you, sistine!
Glad you asked! Molecular whiskey is constructed from neutral spirits in a lab. High quality natural whiskey is analyzed for chemical composition, and then the various molecular species found in the natural whiskey are added into the neutral spirits. They say they can make the equivalent of like an 18-year-old whiskey in 18 hours in the lab or something (I am not 100 % sure, as I had already tried a couple of their drinks by this point). I think there are some legal issues with just calling it whiskey? So I believe the fine print reads “Spirits with whiskey flavoring” or something. They are also trying to do this with wine and some other spirit. It’s like the Impossible Foods of whiskey!
Frankenbooze!
Ah, but quite tasty Frankenbooze!
(And I think you mean Frankenbooze’s monster.)
(Yep, I’ll go and sit in time-out on my own.)
Scotch Whisky and Irish Whiskey have protected status…but without the geographic indicators, it’s way more open to different definitions.
Years back, I did some work for the Scotch Whisky Association. They must be having conniptions about this! The received wisdom about the taste of specific is so tied in to the terroir and the different aging processes and materials…but the molecular stuff sounds deeply intriguing!)
oops. I forgot the important part of the reply: best of luck with the application!
Oh how cool!!! I know nothing about the whiskey industry at all, but I do know I’m a huge fan of Scotch and a pretty big fan of Bourbon. The science behind “molecular whiskey” sounds great, and it’s something I’ve discussed with lab mates in the past. If this is something I do get into, you may find yourself the recipient of some questions, if you don’t mind 🙂 Thanks for your kind wishes!
I am SO happy to hear that you have updated your resume and even sent it to someone! That is awesome news! ?
Thank you, Jalapeno <3 you're so kind!
Go get ’em Koyel!
Thanks, Robin, I’ll sure try!
I am coincidentally prepared for partial credit this week because I just received my three samples from fūm. I’m trying the Neroli one this morning. All three are surprisingly potent. After initial testing, I think I prefer Winter Crocus of the three.
Partial credit x 3 adds up to full credit, maybe?
I feel like fum ought to get full credit, honestly!
I’m wearing Bois Farine today. It seemed to match my beige cashmere sweater perfectly, so I had to.
Have a wonderful Monday!
Yum, you smell fantastic Sistine.
Wearing Winter Crocus by Fum. I will wear each of the Fum perfumes this week. Winter Crocus is well done but it’s like not love for me.
In about an hour, I’m heading out into the neighborhood around my office to do adopt-a-street cleanup. It’s chilly but sunny so hopefully I can stay warm.
Last night my boyfriend and I went out to a nice restaurant for our 13 year anniversary. We ate the most delicious roasted squash dish, seared duck breast, and smoked steelhead trout. I wore Aftelier Honey Blossom for something light that wouldn’t overwhelm the food.
Congrats on the anniversary! Sounds like a delicious way to celebrate
Thanks, it was!
Oops, I had poached trout not smoked. There was a smoked trout appetizer but we didn’t order it.
Lovely meal! Congrats!
Sounds yuuuuuuuum. Congrats!
Congratulations!
Congrats! Meal sounds fabulous!
Happy Anniversary! That sounds lovely 🙂
Happy Anniversary! ??
That dinner sounds delicious, happy anniversary.
Happy anniversary, and many sweet returns of the day!
Second day of being 29 😉 and I’m wearing Rose Rouge by Van Cleef & Arpels.
Aww… happy birthday, lucasai! 29 year old, I remember it well as I got engaged and married.
Hope it was a special day and it’s a great year for you!
Thank you 🙂
Happy belated birthday !!
Happy belated birthday. 🙂 I hope it’s a good year for you. 🙂
Hope you enjoy many happy years of being 29! 🙂
I have samples of Floris and Fragonard scents, but frankly I don’t know if I can be bothered to do it this week. Maybe just Friday.
It is extremely blusterous here in SW VA. It is also Trash Pickup Day, so I’m hoping none of our cans gets blown across the road and destroyed . . . the pickup location is half a mile from the house, at the main road, and I can’t get the cans in the back of the vehicle I’m driving today so there’s no point in going down there to get the cans now. (Rural life. Sucks sometimes.)
BUT! I am cozy in Memoir Woman today and not sorry about it.
I am probably going to do Friday only too.
And was just wondering that about our cans, which we usually take out early evening Monday. Maybe we’ll wait. Good luck with yours, hope they have not left town.
No F’s in my collection, so instead I’m embarking on a Thunk Mission this week with my almost-gone decant of Aroma M Geisha Vanilla Hinoki.
I got a surprise ebay coupon this weekend, so I broke my usual don’t-pay-for-samples rule by ordering a sample of Caron Pour Un Homme, which I’ve been wanting to try for a long time. Can’t wait!
Do you want some more Vanilla Hinoki? I’ve got an unloved decant that needs a new home.
That’s so kind of you, but I’ll pass. I got my decant from the freebiemeet and will finish it happily, but don’t need more.
I understand! I can’t seem to get rid of this decant lol. It might become room spray soon.
I bet it’d be good dumped into a hot bath
At least you only bought a sample. I blind bought a large bottle of Caron Pour Un Homme because it was so cheap and now I’m trying to get rid of it. I get mostly vanilla and musk and not enough lavender.
If I like the sample enough to upgrade to an fb, I know who to call 🙂
Geisha Noire for me today. Dragging after my little Oscar party last night, but the Geisha Noire is cozy and keeping me happy!
Smelling great, though!
FM Musc Ravageur today, so no cp points, but a big shout-out to the lovely NSTer who sent this to me.
Did not think ahead; wore lip gloss this morning. The wind stuck half a head of hair onto my lips when I got out of the car. Just lovely.
You smell good! I’ll have to dig that out this week.
I know that hair stuck to the lips feeling – it’s part of the reason I have short hair! I live in a famously windy city.
Hate that feeling too.
In contrast: I keep the long hair, but never wear lip gloss. Blotted mattes all the way! (Edinburgh: always windy.)
I have that indeterminate, below chin length hair… Want to get it cut short again but am stubbornly holding out for March 20 (official start of Spring).
(Now that I’ve written that, it does sound dumb. Just make an appointment already!)
This gave me flashbacks to my tween years in the late 90s-early 00s when super-sticky clear lip gloss was All The Rage.
Ha! It was roller-ball glosses a couple of decades earlier when I was a tween. 🙂
Hahahaha that’s so funny. I’m sorry that happened to you but it’s so funny. (It’s happened to me too. It’s less funny when it happens to me.)
I totally understand that!
Bleah on the sticky hair/lipgloss combo. I know and hate that feeling!
SOTD = Penhaligon’s Clandestine Clara
Rummy amber vanilla, cozy and office safe. It is not boozy enough to make anyone think you’ve imbibed in the hard stuff! I am now OVER the kitschy Portraits series. When a new one comes out (and they seem to come in threes), I’m too bored to even bother yawning.
Dining Woes
There was a restaurant that opened near the office and I like the food and ambiance even though it is a little pricey. I always go early for lunch; otherwise there’s a wait. Today was no different except I barely started eating my lunch and one of the servers put the check in front of me, apologetically saying that I can pay whenever. I put my utensils down, looked at him and said you usually wait until after I’m finished. He knew I was offended and said he will bring it back when I’m done. Sure, do that and I will pay when I’m ready. Guess what, whereas I usually leave as soon as I am done, I am taking my sweet time regardless of how many people are waiting. The server came back and apologized. Let’s see how they do next time.
That would make me feel stressed and rushed…which I’m guessing was his unspoken message? Lol on you taking your sweet time.?
My pet peeve is when the server asks if we want dessert-as we’re taking the second or third bite of our entrees. How can I know whether I want dessert until I see how much room I have left? Besides, if I order it so early, it inevitably gets brought out long before I am ready for it, so I get to watch ice cream melting, or hot pie or cobbler getting cold.
That’s so rude about the waiter. I would be tempted to leave no tip although I know that’s very mean considering wait staff don’t usually get paid a living wage
Ack, you don’t do that to a good regular customer! Not unless they ask for the bill early so they can make a speedy exit when ready. I guess the real test now will be if they remember their misjudgment, and don’t repeat it. (Fingers crossed that it remains as a pleasant place for your lunch.)
I wish Penhaligon’s hadn’t turned to novelty scents.
I do wonder if the server was “encouraged” by a manager to leave the check early. If you like the food/ambiance enough to go back in spite of today’s experience, perhaps a word to management would be in order.
Gah! I would also be VERY offended by the server plonking down the check so early. That could easily put a restaurant on the “Do NOT ever go back!!” list. And yes, I have a couple of establishments on said list.
Nothing was jumping out at me today, so I followed Coin-op’s lead and I’m in Samsara EdP. Our furnace is acting glitchy this morning, which is not ideal considering it’s less than 10 degrees out. ?it keeps running.
Today is my Saturday and I’m feeling especially lazy, so it’s sweatpants, tea and amazon prime. At least I smell good.?
Samsara sounds just right for the day.
May The Force remain strong with your furnace!
Ugh, appliance woes. They always seem to happen at the worst possible time. ⏳
Hold on furnace, it won’t be long now!
In the afternoon i layered on some Nirvana Black, and it dried down to a lovely musky floral on to of the Samsara ??
In an ice storm a couple of years ago, our heating system went to emergency power and was running constantly for a day or so. We got an HVAC repairman in to see what was wrong. Turned out that the outside vents were covered in ice, and once that was cleared off, the heat went back to the usual. I don’t know if that would have anything to do with your furnace issues, but I also hope that your furnace hangs in there.
Went with Dzongkha. I love this stuff.
It’s worthy of your love 🙂
I got a little heated/wine-y at an Oscar watch party last night so I’m getting a late start today. Lucky us, I get to take my boyfriend to urgent care to look at a leaking cut he got on his arm from a piece of metal, crawling around under a house. He works maintenance, so hopefully the workers comp and everything turns out alright.
I’m in FM Portrait of a Lady, thanks to the freebiemeet! Makes me feel glamorous and put together instead of hungover and worried about infections.
YIKES!
You smell lovely, and lots of water & vitamin c for the BOTH of you!
Hope that cut heals quick and clean!
POAL is glamorous for sure.
I also got a little wine-y at an Oscar party last night so I feel your pain. Hope your bf’s arm is okay!
Yowtch! Hope that your BF’s arm heals OK.
Feels like autumn. It was 5 degrees when I got up yesterday, a crystal clear morning and not a breath of wind. Over in the graveyard ( which is really a cemetery as there is no church attached ) the rosehips are bursting with colour, from yelow, orange , red, through to black. Most of the graves have psalms or ‘ sleeping with Jesus ‘ on them but there is one very big grave, a shrouded cenotaph on the side of the main path that just has the word “Waiting” etched into it. Every time I get close to it I wonder if today is the day? I keep imagining a stream of jagged, blue electricity powering up from its peak…so far only rabbits nibbling on the grass nearby .
F for fiele Myrrh. Waiting for the sunrise then off to explore up on the hill.
I love your descriptions of the Northern Cemetery, it’s a very peaceful place.
Waiting!?! That is freaking me out a little.
Accidentally followed this week’s theme by putting on Frapin’s 1270 this morning. I love it and wear it quite a lot 🙂
Yay, accidental points!
Hello All!
1) Picked this weekend to go to LA. Loved being with my friends and the mini School of Life conference; hated hated HATED the Academy Awards traffic jams, all the Journo-trash taking all the seats at MY FAVE CAFES, and every beauty service place I haunted was BOOKED, because of course it was!
2) Am in Fresh Cream Warm Suede topped off with a spritz of Boucheron. I smell super cozy; appropiate due to the snowy weather we have in Portland.
Hate it when superfluous people mess up my plans…
You smell delightful, though!
I completely forgot what was going on…and UGH
Oof, yeah, bad weekend to go to LA unless you’re going to the Oscars, of course.
Yeah- there was a mini School of Life meet up BUT MY GOD I FORGOT THE OSCARS and it was BAD. Not a waste- we wound having homemade brunch and honestly saved quite a bit of money doing so, and walked on the beach and piers, which was nice.
Good for you. You made the best out of a bad situation.
Finally a sunny start to the day, after some very dull and cold mornings. There’s a nippy feel to the air that wasn’t there before the cold snap, autumn is not far away.
I’m in the mood for roses today, so I’ve decided on Le Galion’s La Rose.
I’m in Lubin Epidor from a splitmeet a while back. A beautiful floral that amazingly smells wonderful to my anti- flower nose!
Snowing here a bit, nothing too exciting, but in the surrounding hills and mountains, they may be getting a good hefty dump. In the process of making a scorching cuppa coffee and warming up a bran muffin.
Oh, and if anyone knows anything about towns in Washington, I wouldn’t mind your opinion of Lakewood, Gig Harbor, Tacoma, and Ellensburg. Thanks!
Epidor sounds lovely!
It really is!
Deva, if you come across any towns that seem cool to live in (smallish, but with medical care, not too conservative, a good restaurant or three, not Seattle expensive), give a shout out. I’m looking toward a future retirement somewhere green….
Oh, will do! Contracts are usually available in place no one really wants to go, but I will keep my eyes open as I travel back and fourth and all around. ✌?
!!!! My best friend lives about 30 minutes away from Gig Harbor. She likes it. Sorry that I can’t give you more specific info than that for Gig Harbor.
I personally liked Tacoma when I passed through the area back in 2010. Granted I was there for a short visit and wasn’t looking for info such as what the rents are, crime rates, etc. But what I saw from the highway was positive.
Thanks! I’m doing a bit of research re: property and violent crime rates and finding the most towns/cities in Washington have a much higher rate than I thought. Also higher than the national average. I expected this from Seattle, but not surrounding smaller towns. ?
Some of the smaller towns are economically depressed due to the downturn/contraction of the lumber industry out there. So that’s probably part of the issue.
Day off today and wearing Golden Acacia from Salvatore Ferragamo since it’s way too big to wear to work
SOTD Mona di Orio Santal Nabatea, which I can barely smell, but I like it. I think I’ll save the rest of this sample for warmer weather when it doesn’t get squashed.
I stayed up to watch the Oscars, but they kind of bored me this year. Mostly, I was hoping to see Yalitza Aparicio of Roma win best actress, but, alas, she did not ? It would have made my heart happy to have a non-actress win (I also thought she did an amazing job)…
I never watch them anymore, but since Roma was the only nominated movie that I saw this year, was glad to see it won a couple awards!
Sotd: Orris & Sandalwood. I love this and usually wear it as a bedtime scent. It’s so serene. ❤️
Is that the Jo Malone?
Yes?
very beautiful 🙂
Yes, it is! Sad it’s discontinued.
I just have one tiny sample of Floris, which has to wait a bit to be thunked on friday. So i wore Vanille d´Iris by OJ today. Its nice, but not FB worthy. But a good choice for work.
After work i met my new employer to sign my contract. So tomorrow i will send my resign notice to my bosses. Hope they will be well behaved and good sports
Fingers crossed that your resignation will be a quiet and uneventful one! ?
Congratulations on your new job!
A generous dose of my precious vintage Bandit parfum today. (I only had only a micro mini to start with…but, I just bought some more on evilbay. A bottle of I have been stalking and pining for through multiple re-listings by a seller I trust. But no guilt: I promised this to myself as a reward for putting in a good attempt at the bench press championships this weekend. Hurrah!)
And this evening, a post-swim and sauna top up with Dryad, to celebrate the outbreak of narcissus and daffodil brightness that is suddenly, gloriously everywhere.
Congrats on snagging that much-wanted Bandit!
Okay, I’m impressed as heck with your bench pressing ability (per Instagram). And with the vintage Bandit, too, of course!
I’m also in Azemour. Well, actually, I got the idea from you and then went and dug it out. It’s a fragrance that I really enjoy and I also super appreciate it for unlike anything else I’ve got. A little orange gem.
Hey twin! And it really is a gem.
SOTD = Prada Infusion d’Iris EdP, from the sample stash. Needed an iris scent today for coping with general craziness.
General craziness is slightly better than specific craziness?
Hope it’s calmed down for you.
Not if the General calls in his/her troops! I had a situation with the clothes washer over the weekend which resulted in a call to a repair service earlier today.
Well, shoot — isn’t that a new washer? You go ahead and beat it into submission! And thumbs up for smelling fab all the while!
Well, if the problem is as simple as replacing a busted hose, then it would be both penny and pound foolish to get a new machine. Not sure what is causing the problem, so that’s the reason the tech/repair person is coming.
Good luck, hope that is all it is!
Partial credit for Frederic Malle? I’m in Le Parfum de Thérèse today.
Is that really George? I’ve never seen him look really happy before.
They both look happy! (That’s Bob Dylan too.)
I would have never guessed either of them. They look like babies in this picture.
Hove Parfumeur Honeysuckle
I’ve never smelled anything from Hove, but honeysuckle sounds wonderful… You always wear the nicest scents!
I stepped into my boot this afternoon and felt a soft little lump. Tipped the boot over and a dead rat fell out. (Welcome to Vermont)Smelled terrible so after I cleaned everything I went out (in backup boots) and picked up an industrial strength Olibanam and spruce diffuser to place in the CSI site. So icky. It was inside the apartment so I will have to get some humane traps. And next time I will check my boots before putting feet in.
Sotd: Ficolai Fap Feroli
Ew ew ew ew ew on that boot mishap! Is it still wearable?
Yikes!!!!!
Oh my lord. I don’t know what i would have done – probably fainted
Eeeeeeeeeeeew! ??
I think you win the “F” CP?
As for the rat, a boot seems like a nice cozy place to call it a day ?
OK, that tops my story. The worst thing I ever found with my foot in a shoe was a dead cockroach.
Screeeeeech!!!
Ewwww. Those boots would be trash if they were mine.
That might make me have a nightmare tonight, LOL…
I will need to consult my spreadsheet for the CP; today I went for a neglected perfume – Songes. I get the pencil shavings thing at the top of this and that has put me off in the past. Today I quite liked it. Had to spray very carefully – white florals are not very school-friendly for me. I was successful… I could get tiny whiffs throughout the day but not enough to blast anyone else.
Here’s to your success today with Songes!
I have 2 F perfumes, I will save for later in the week. Sotd is Aedes de Venustas. I could happily wear this every day ?
My very old refrigerator finally gave out. My tax refund can’t come soon enough! In good news, my flying monkey insurance problem has been resolved to my satisfaction, yay!
Glad the problem had a satisfactory end. New refrigerator sounds really good!
Good riddance to the flying insurance monkeys! May they never bother you again! ? Best of luck with the fridge shopping. ?
Yay to the end of flying monkeys?? I’m waiting for my refund, too. Here’s to hoping we get it this Friday!
I have this theory: my house can sense extra cash at 1 part per million… My appliances will go out if they suspect there is anything else that I am hoping/planning to do with any spare money, like tax refunds. Sorry about your fridge; happy about the insurance resolution.
Excellent theory. I’m 100 % in agreement, except our house likes to turn the screw and will give us whole YEARS of constant renovations, burst pipes, floor tiles inexplicably buckling… The list goes on. My husband would have sold it years ago if the garden wasn’t giving me such pleasure. He knows that he is saved many a rant, as I go into the garden and weed VICIOUSLY or dig beds or actually, mostly just wander around and potter until I feel better.
In the charming Floris Florissa today: don’t understand why decision was made to discontinue this a few years back.
Robin, is it Bob with GH on the photo?
Yes!
Late to the party, but the past several days have been very stressful. As some of you may know, if you read my posts a few days ago, last Wednesday my 88-year-old father fell and hit his head and had to go to the ER. It got worse, as they discovered he not only had a subdural hematoma, but several fractures as well. He was transferred from our local hospital to one of the hospitals in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. I am thankful that Houston has some of the best hospitals in the country, although it is rather hectic to get from here to there, what with all the road construction making the normally nerve-wracking traffic woes even worse.
Initially, they were hopeful that he would be released Monday (today) or Tuesday, but then on Friday night and Saturday morning his condition deteriorated–he developed pneumonia, his blood pressure and heart rate were dangerously low, and in addition to the feeding tube that had been put in the previous day, he had to be put on oxygen and some rather brutal drugs to get his blood pressure up. and the family was asked by one of his doctors to assemble at the hospital for a meeting to decide on what measures would or would not be administered if his condition became even worse (e.g., would we want him to receive CPR if his heart stopped?) The doctor whom we met with was not very optimistic about his chances of recovery in view of the seriousness of his condition, his age and baseline health, and so on. Mind you, he did say there was hope, but I think we all discerned that it was very serious indeed.
Friday evening we had been given a (rather short) list of skilled nursing facilities (SNRs) in the area to choose from for him in the event that he was released from the hospital but was still not able to return to his assisted living facility. Mind you, I had to practically pry the information out of the social worker. I had asked several times about the timeline for his release, what sort of facility he would need when he was released, and so on. Everybody I spoke to gave me some line about “Oh, there’s plenty of time for that later.” of “Just take it one step at a time.” She did not even contact me personally until I had asked for her to do so several times. I had planned to visit several of the facilities over the weekend, but with the change in his condition and the necessity of a family meeting and preparing ourselves for the very real possibility that we might be saying our final goodbyes. Needless to say, none of us toured any SNFs on Saturday. To add a final complication, yesterday I realized that I have contracted a nasty respiratory infection. I think it is just a cold, but it is pretty intense–I can barely talk at all–and somehow I don’t think it is a very wise idea to visit facilities full of frail elderly people when I am contagious. It’s not even as if I can hide my illness–I look and sound sick, and any facility that would let me go through it when I am so obviously unwell with an infectious illness is not one I would want to choose.
Yesterday we were informed that his condition has improved and he may be moved out of the ICU within the next day or so. I don’t have an overall timeline, however, and I really don’t know how it can be anticipated. Anyway, today two different social workers contacted me to ask if we had chosen a facility for him (!). Uh, no, we have not. We were given to expect that it would very likely be unnecessary, and in any case we were all at the hospital having a family meeting and visiting him (2 at a time–the limit) in case it was our last chance to do so. Although he has been doing better since Sunday, he is still in the ICU, and I hardly think they can discharge him just yet.
While I am very impressed with the level of medical care he has received, I am not so impressed with the level of communication that has taken place. More than once we have been told that they did not have our contact information, even though I gave them my name and phone number (to several different people) as well as my brother’s. After being told that there would be “ample time” to select a SNF, and having to practically beg for a list of facilities (when were they planning to share this information, anyway?), suddenly we are supposed to have chosen one already. The social workers were not even aware that he had become critical over the weekend. Information has come only in tiny bits and pieces–one little morsel from this person, another from this other person, and nothing at all from some others. Any information offered has come only after much pleading and prodding; next to nothing has been offered voluntarily.
I’m sorry if this post is overlong, but I am really completely stressed out right now and needed to vent a bit. If any NSTers with experience in the medical field can make any useful suggestions as to what to do, I would appreciate it.
Oh, wow. So sorry you’re going through all this. Not sure if you saw my comment last week, but I have a fair amount of experience with “the system” and nothing you’re reporting sounds unusual, unfortunately.
Feel free to email me at pretsky 35 hot mail.
Yeah, I saw your comment. Sorry I haven’t replied, but I have been a little preoccupied. I thought I had been proactive and taken the matter in hand, but then stuff happened.
Totally understandable! It’s a lot to grapple with, especially when you’re not feeling well yourself.
I do deal with discharge planners, hospitals, and families in similar situations on a daily basis so happy to offer any experience /perspective I have.
I’m so sorry.
I am not in the medical field but do have experience with family members in the hospital like this. My advice is to spend as much time with your dad as possible. It’s so easy to get overwhelmed and exhausted with all the details and forget who you are fighting for. Hugs and prayers to you and your family!
50_Roses, I am so sorry to hear of this situation with your dad — and with your own health, too; what an unfortunate time to be ill yourself. I’m also sorry to say to that it doesn’t seem unlike what we went through with my mom back in 2017. I do think that you can push back on a release from hospital until you or other family members have had time to visit and make a decision on a SNF (that’s challenging in itself), but I hope others may be able to offer you more and better suggestions on how to deal with social workers / care planners, etc., who won’t (maybe can’t?) give you straight answers.
Oh dear, Roses, I’m so sorry to hear this. From my own experience at Methodist Hospital in the Medical Center this summer, I agree with you—great media cal care, but many lapses and poor communication on the social work front. I do think that being there over a weekend complicates the communication tenfold because staff go home and even if someone is trying to be in touch with care facilities they don’t get calls back. That’s why I ended up spending six days in the hospital after my hip surgery last summer. One of my colleagues’ wife was in The Gardens of Bellaire and I visited there, and it seemed good. She had terminal cancer and I believe they had made a careful choice, though this was a while back. I am just mentioning it as a possibility you might look into it. My best wishes. This is scary and frustrating, but it seems good he has rallied.
What a saga! So sorry you are going through this (and sorry I have zero useful advice).