Hump Day and Tequila Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Lush 25:43 for a perfect July morning: at the moment it's sunny and 73F.
Reminder: on 7/26 we're doing Gone In Sixty Seconds...wear the shortest-lived fragrance you own. Bonus points for reapplying all day long. Suggested by pyramus.
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.
Note: top image is Cocktails am Strand [cropped] by Tim Reckmann at flickr; some rights reserved.
I’m smelling of summer meadows in Foin Fraîchement Coupé by Oriza L. Legrand. It’s very hot in the Netherlands but I’m at work with AC so I’m good.
I heard you guys were getting a heat wave. My brother in law and his family live there..
Yes, it’s very hot, but fortunately it looks like we will get some thunderstorms this weekend and it will be a bit more bearable afterwards.
Where abouts do you in laws live? (if you are willing to share of course)
I know it’s miserably hot there but I still wish I were there (and on vacation, of course). Hang in!
I just get terribly grumpy in hot weather, which I don’t mind but is less than ideal for the people around me. I try to behave as well as I can, mind you 😉
I get cranky with the heat too. My sympathies.
I know. Too hot is no fun.
I just read they’ve registered records-shattering temps in Gilze Rijen.
I need to go to Amsterdam this evening but our railroadsystem is a huge mess right now….so many ‘accidents’ with persons involved (suicides?)
My husband has offered to pick me up but thats at least an hour roundtrip for him, so I am still hoping for the trains to ride again soon.
Yep there is one suicide between Utrecht and Amsterdam, plus I guess they are having trouble with the heat and the rails.
Good luck on getting to Amsterdam. I’m only a cycle ride away from home 🙂
A bike is definitely the better travel option in weather like this!
I remember hearing someone complaining in the Paris metro after an « accident » shutting down the service, « Why can’t they throw themselves in the Seine? »
It’s a problem everywhere I guess. We have basically no public rail transportation in California so people jump off bridges.
In my country these railway tragedies are called accident involving a person.
Your bridge comment reminded me of Der Himmel über Berlin.
I hope you are feeling a bit better about your job this week and life is a bit happier. I am seeing more daffodils in the neighbourhood which always makes me think of you. Almost Ostara season
Thanks Kanuka, I just needed a little time to deal with disappointment. I hope I will be able to find another job that is interesting.
Oh, daffodils. It’s so hot, and I love the crispness of spring. I hope you will enjoy your daffodils on my behalf as well!
Keeping with the CP I am in Mon Guerlain from a sample.
Its gone on me in 60 seconds but I am sure its still there , maybe, but I can’t smell it. I enjoy it while it lasted!
Wearing a fun thrift store outfit and pairing it with a Revlon lippy
Taking the kids to a cupcake decorating class, should be fun and I hope they share ! I love cake…
Decorating cupcakes sounds like fun! Plus, the mess won’t be in your kitchen.?
Exactly!
I just hope I can eat one..
That sounds like fun! Hope the kids enjoy it and that you get to have some cake!
As the lipstick expert on this site have you tried the scented Maybelline lipsticks?
Oops…Not Maybelline but L’oreal.
NO! I will look into it!
I’m in Tam Dao today, and not doing very well on the CP because Tam Dao has reasonable longevity on me. I’m not a tequila drinker (more of a whisky girl here), but Happy Tequila Day to those of you who celebrate. 🙂
Edp or edt? You smell great either way!
Thanks! It’s the EDT. I have a sample vial of the EDP somewhere and keep meaning to test them side-by-side … but haven’t managed to get that done yet.
I prefer the EDT actually although the EDP lasts a little longer on me.
Auphorie L’Anima Della Rosa…this is an extrait and what a powerhouse! Rose and fruits and dries down to a gourmandish animalic on my skin and to my nose. Very interesting to say the least.
Musc Nomade (Annick Goutal). Maybe I am partially anosmic to it, but I find lovely but fleeting.
It is nuclear on me, lasts 8-10 hours.
Not quite nuclear for me, but Musc Nomade is good for a day’s wear for me as well.
Very fleeting on me, too
And the opinions of Fragrantica’s users on longevity vary too. The votes are split more or less evenly between poor, weak, moderate, long lasting and very long lasting. Funny.
Just goes to show how variable perceptions of musks are!
I put on an unmarked dabber yesterday that I believe was the newest Musc from Atelier, it was a powerhouse in the best way.
What a surprise, I really liked it, it had some smokiness to it (clary sage i think) and it was that perfect sweetness, like Muac Raveger but without the powder-ish part.
I need another official sample to confirm. I don’t really know much about musc specifically and
I don’t wear many musc forward fragrances. This one i really enjoyed.
I would wear it regularly!
I am in CdG + Monocle Sugi. I am in the late middle which is all smooth wood, iris, and vetiver.
Sounds good,
I only know Hinoki, from this series (I love it), but now I want to try Sugi as well.
Yum, you smell great Monkeytoe!
Definitely making me want to try that one.
Lonesome Rider today. I’ve been feeling a little overloaded by vintage lately… they are wonderful, but I also think I’ve tended to explore them more because they are cheaper, and these days I’m wanting to winnow my focus to true loves and things that really blow me away.
You smell so beautiful. I love Lonesome Rider.
Lonesome Rider is a favorite of mine. I think you smell sooo good today.
Two spritzes of FM Vetiver Extraoridinare today. It’s been a while since I wore this one.
I love that one–I need to dig out my bottle. You smell wonderful.
I’m wearing one of my favorite Dame scents, New Musk Man. This works better in the cooler weather, but it is still very enjoyable.
I was on the Dame website recently and saw that new musk comes in an edt and cologne….is there a difference? Has there always been an edt? I’m so confused.?
Yes there was always an EDT and the oil version. Now i think there is also a body spray. It was 30 percent off during prime day. I sat on my hands to not buy it…I succeeded! LOL! I also sat on my hands not to buy the three Berdoues that I don’t have during the Twisted Lily sale-LOL! I have pl67 to thank for talking me out of purchasing them!!!!
I figured you would know! So, is the edt the same as the new musk man cologne, or are they different?
From what I remember when it first came out it was New Musk Oil and New Musk EDT. Don’t know about cologne. However, the body spray is something new. I will pop over to the Dame website to investigate.
You are right!!! There is now the EDT for 75 dollars and the Cologne for 65 dollars. I think the EDT is geared toward women and the cologne towards men. Dame used to charge the same price 65 dollars for both the mens colognes and the EDT for women but now he has upped the prices of the EDT for women. Honestly I don’t know the difference between the musk cologne or the musk edt. maybe they are the same?
I caved on the body spray. Been thinking of offering it as a split… I will never get thru 8 oz. Any interest from anyone?
Yes there was always an EDT and the oil version. Now i think there is also a body spray. It was 30 percent off during prime day. I sat on my hands to not buy it…I succeeded! LOL! I also sat on my hands not to buy the three Berdoues that I don’t have during the Twisted Lily sale-LOL! I have pl67 to thank for talking me out of purchasing them!!!!
crap! Why is it that when I use my computer my comment gets posted twice? I swear I am NOT hitting the post comment button two times!!!!
Teehee?
You smell great, that’s a lovely musk alone or layered. I have a mini of the oil.
SOTD is Eau de Neroli Dore – this one goes poof within a couple of hours (but is pure happiness while it lasts), so definitely fits the CP brief!
I’m about 3 months into growing out a pixie cut, and am going in for a trim and a re-shape later today. Really can’t wait. I’m in that awkward, mushroom-head phase where it’s getting flat on top and poofy on the sides. Sigh.
Good luck with your hair cut.
I have been trying to grow my hair long(er) and I feel that it gets to a certain point and then it doesn’t want to grow…
My hair is also dry, I wonder if that is inhibiting its growth.
I have been trying to grow out my pixie cut for 18 months. It’s barely at my shoulders and I still have pieces in the front that are only down to my ears. It’s a long, unattractive process. I’m hoping to get it shaped in October into a real hairstyle that I can put up.
The struggle is real! I’m only trying to get mine to chin-length, so hopefully the process for me will be less long (but still unattractive, lol). I’ve had a pixie cut for most of the last 10 years and I forgot what it was like to have hair that I can actually tuck behind my ears or (maybe someday) wear in a ponytail.
I can juuust get mine up in a tiny baby ponytail, using pins to hold the loose front pieces out of my eyes. 🙂 Small victory.
Don’t give up!!! Eventually you will get there!
Enjoy getting your hair done. Hope it turns out like you want it.
So, how did your hair appointment turn out? Good, I hope!
He took off a little more length than I had hoped, but my cut does look much more polished now. No more mushroom head!
A small spritz of Keiko Mecheri Un Jour d’Ete. I’m not sure why this isn’t more discussed. Subtle coconut, smooth jasmine and a hint of sweetness.
Sounds lovely! And perfect for summer.
I was going to mix things up and wear one of my cold weather scents today, but then I saw California Reverie and that’s what I’m in.
This cooler weather has done wonders for my sleep. I’ve slept like a rock for the past two nights and I feel so good.? Off work until August 7 and fingers crossed that this weather continues.
Like SheriG, I am not a tequila drinker either. I had a run in with tequila poppers as a freshman in college. I’ll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say, it did not end well.?
You are making me want to try California Reverie
You should, it is really lovely and I don’t usually like florals. I just have a small decant or I would send you some.?
Ha, that’s me and rum. Many decades later, I am still not interested in rum drinks 🙂
Ditto on the tequila.
You smell beautiful!
Enjoy the vacation ! As far as I can see, no crazy weather for at least a week. Fingers crossed!
I adore California Reverie. Have a fantastic vacation – I hope the nights stay cool!
You smell soooooo lovely!! If ‘lovely’ really had a scent ( sorry SJP’) you are wearing IT!!
Hiram Green’s Slowdive
You smell great, love Slowdive.
Thank you! ?
I am wearing Lili Bermuda Paradise and drinking a cup of English breakfast tea.
I love Lili Bermuda!!!
How is Paradise?
I own a bottle of Frangipani..going to spray now!
SotD is Indolis by Areej le Dore
Smells like heaven 🙂
I read on his instagram he sold his last bottle. He will not make another batch as far as i know.
Alas, not sold to me. So expensive (i do have a small decant though).
And now that I am without a job, I have no money for that kind of extravagant purchases. But strangely I dont mind this situation at all. I have acquired loads of samples and beautiful bottles last few years and at the moment I do not need much more.
But (there is always an exception right?)
I am really going to sample Papillon’s new fragrance though, has anyone here tried it already? What’s it like?
I have seen a few reviews and it is supposed to be gorgeous!!!
I am waiting very impatiently for the new Papillon.
I have a partial bottle coming my way when it becomes available.
I can’t wait!
I am awash in the scents of summer– Arquiste’s Sydney Rock Pool on my left wrist, and Nicolai’s Week-end in Normandy on my right. They share a lot in how they “feel”, which admittedly is a pretty imprecise thing to say about a scent. So I was surprised to discover how little they share in notes–although perhaps in actual chemistry they share more? Who knows.
Imprecise, but I think every perfumista knows that feeling!
Perfume kitsch today
Been so long since I’ve worn it
WILL NOT SPRAY UPSIDE DOWN!
TUBEROSE
raspberry
pimento
On MY skin
Shot in the Dark, Bear?
JPG Fragile?
Correct lillyjo!
Glad your interview went well, and I almost wore L’Eau D’Hiver today. LOL ??
Woo hoo! 2 for 2!?
Random observation: Shot in the Dark would make a good perfume name! Notes of rose, spanish broom, orange flower, gunpowder, and musk?
It would be a good name for Kilian or JHAG!
Especially JHAG, or Olfactive Studio!
Argh! I could picture the bottle but had a total brain fart on the perfume name! smh
And I read this as Perfume kitty and wondered what kind of naughtiness you were up to ?
Still doing Beach Week here. Yesterday I did a competition between Smell Bent St Tropez Dispenser and St Tropez Gold. I was sure that Gold would win but Dispenser is a sledgehammer so I could barely smell Gold. lol. Today (after I go for a swim) I’ll try Smell Bent Bad Guy vs Gold. Or maybe I’ll have mercy on Gold and just give it its own time tomorrow, poor quiet baby.
ooohh I need to do a beach week as well.
Hi there, friends, I haven’t been on NST nearly as much as I’d like lately. I smell wonderful in Mitzah today, because I’m really stressed out and need some high-quality comforting.
And.
WE BOUGHT A HOUSE.
Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Put in an offer late last night about 4 min before the seller’s other offer was set to expire. It’s been quite a whirlwind and the tiniest bit hasty but I fell so deeply in love with this place, and it’s practically affordable for the Bay Area. So yeah. Soon we will be homeowners! With all the attendant joys and miseries.
My brain is in a tizzy and working is difficult today 🙂
Congrats!! Where?
Thanks! It’s in Mountain View, about 1.5 mi from where we live right now 🙂 Actually it’s about 0.5 mi from our old apartment, the one you saw a few years ago. It’s really pretty with just the most gorgeous backyard ever! Gazebo, firepit, outdoor bar/grill, etc.
Yay, congrats!! It has always been my experience that you “just know” when you find the right house or apartment, and the ones I loved right away I kept loving, and the others not so much, so I don’t think you were hasty at all.
Thank you! I think you’re right. It’s a little early for a house for us–we had wanted to find something in ~April, because of our apartment lease–but I really wanted THIS one. I really love it 🙂
Congratulations!
Thanks, lillyjo!
That’s great!!
Thanks, Laura!
So exciting! Best wishes. ?
Thanks, flopper 🙂 we are so excited!!
Congratulations!!!
Thanks, sistine!
Congratulations! When I bought my first apartment, I knew as soon as I stepped inside it was the one. We only looked at five apartments, bought one within a week. Sometimes you just know.
Thanks!! Yeah, we’ve only looked at a half dozen houses 🙂 We didn’t even think we’d buy now. But this one really called to us!
Big congratulations!! That’s a life goal for sure.
Thanks, holyneroli!
Congratulations, that’s exciting news!
Thanks, ringthing!
Exciting! Happy days ahead.
Thanks!!! Happy scary exciting.
Congratulations, I’m so excited for you! It sounds spectacular AND now you can create a proper garden and you’ll be free to fix everything up just the way you want! Yay!
Thanks, Holly! I am soooo excited for the garden. I’m less excited about having to fix things myself 🙂
Yay!!! So excited for you!!!
Thank you, KellyC <3
Holy freaking smoke! Buying a house?!? That is major news! Congratulations! Time to start setting aside money for “house expenses” if you can.
I know, right??? Thanks! Yeah, I’ve just been thinking I need to go on a perfume (and every other frivolous thing!) no-buy again to start saving up!
Congratulations! That’s such great news.
Enjoy the yard and garden; and also remember that there’s always room for 1 more plant!! ??
Thank you, Gail! That’s what I’ve been telling my fiancé about our balcony for the past few years 🙂 but I’ll have a much stronger leg to stand on once we have a house!
Congratulations, Koyel. You are adulting ?
Thanks! I know, right?!?! Having a job with a real income, getting engaged, buying a house?! Crazy stuff.
Wow, congrats! It sounds like a whirlwind experience!
Thank you, trf! It really, really has been!
Fantastic news, so happy for you both!
Thank you, Robin <3
Wearing a mystery sample from Nordstrom. I’m liking it! I thought it was MMM Wicked Love but I’m not getting any of the notes listed on Fragrantica. Don’t live near a Nordstrom so it will be quite awhile before I can sample in the store again. ??
I have quite a few orphan samples too…unless it smells spectacular, they get tossed.
I can’t tell you how many times I have told a Nordstrom SA no need to label it, I’ll remember what it is. HA, as if!
The sad thing is that I made the sample myself? I threw it in my purse thinking, “I’ll remember what that is” ?? But I’m not getting the notes listed on Fragrantica.
Yep. I always find it in the inside pocket of my purse, weeks later. No idea what it is.
Well everyone, I think I did well with my interview today. They said I would hear by next week. It’s a totally different store than I am used to, but what I’m used to kinda stinks, so maybe that’s a good thing? I wore FM L’eau D’Hiver. I wanted to smell beautiful and classy, and I do! ?
Oh, one of the questions was how do I deal with stress? I really had to resist saying “I sniff my wrists” LOL ?
That’s what I do too!!!! Oh yeah, and yoga and wine.
LOL. Yep, perfume and yoga for me. Glad to hear you feel positive about the interview. Crossing fingers and toes!
Ha!!!
Excellent!
Well done, lillyjo! Hope they get back to you soon.
Yay! Fingers crossed!
I am glad the interview went well. Hose or no hose? I saw my legs the other day and got a nasty shock, defintely not interview appropriate unless the job was in construction
I saw three women there and all of them were bare legged. The dress code is skirts/dresses with nude hosiery or bare. I wore Black tights with my skirt and mary jane short heels, which about killed my poor feet.
Well I hope the black tights worked their magic. You must have looked very classy in that outfit
Woohoo!
Yay! Kudos to you for taking steps out of your comfort zone, exploring your options and taking action! Fingers crossed, lillyjo!
Very happy to hear that your interview went well today lillyjo! ?
Glad things went well! I sure hope you get it; you so deserve it!
Yay, lillyjo. It says a lot that you felt you did well!!! ?
Santal 33. I have a Hermetica bottle from the twisted lily sale out for delivery. My local boutique sells the brand, but it’s a blind buy for me. Patchoulight.
I am having a patchouli fixation lately, do report what you think of it!
I will report back! – reviews have said that it smells like Portrait of a Lady, which I have also, so will be interesting to do a side by side. What patchoulis have you been wearing lately?
Tauerville Patchouli Flash, Villoresi and Patricia de Nicolai Patchoulis, plus some L’Artisan Voleur de Roses and Tauerville Vanilla flash which has patchouli accents as well. I am planning to try Mazzolari, Reminiscence, Molinard and Maître Parfumeur et Gantier patchoulis as soon as i can get a sample, as well as Dior Patchouli Imperial. Sadly the new Diptyque one didn’t work on me. I also had to swap my bottle of PoaL because it started giving me headaches. 🙁
Ooo!! I need to dig out the Vanilla Flash roll on and retest for that patchouli!! (unless middle Marzipan still has it?)
And please report back on the Molinard!!!
I have a decant of Ambre Precieux by MPG on its way, first time to try the brand. I like the Patchoulight; the bottle is very nice. I dare to say it smells better than POAL. This is more smooth, there is a touch of powder, I can smell the iris. I am very happy with this. I’ve written down the patchoulis you have listed — thank you!
I pretty much had the same for the Diptyque and POAL–and I love patchouli.
Have you tried Solstice Scents Estate Vetiver which is more of a patch than anything else. Also, how about Von Eusersdorff Patchouliful?
Thanks for your report, it sounds very good!
You’re welcome. And I misspelled it; should be Patchoulilight ?
Can I have these two cocktails right now please?
I’m wearing Atelier Cologne Riviera Lazuli, a refreshing blend of lemon & lemon but with an aromatic twist of fir balsam, immortelle and woods.
I’ll take two of those cocktails as well, but it’s only 11:30 AM here haha!
It’s 5:00 somewhere…
Is this a new Atelier that I am not aware of? It sounds great!
That Atelier sounds wonderful for summer weather.
Those cocktails! Love the colors too.
SOTD: Iris Nobile EDT
Yeah, meant to ask earlier…what IS that blue cocktail?? Somebody here must know!
Today I asked the lady at the coffee place if I could have a flavored arse water..it just came out that way. Lol. I tried again..again..I said arse water. We had a giggle. Who knew ice could be so hard to pronounce?
Commando but smelled a nice honeysuckle bush today and lavender as well.
Totally made me laugh haha.
At least she laughed!
Looks like it’s turning into a Chanel week for me although not for CP reasons!
SOTD = Chanel Les Exclusifs 1957
Sweet, aldehylic, lightly floral, soapy vanilla musk. With 8 spritzes, I definitely get jasmine although not orris as reported in Fragrantica.
I posted a picture of my bottle in Instagram @hajusuuri (you can view, but not comment, even if you don’t have an account if you go to Instagram dot com / hajusuuri). Do take a look if you have time; first one in the U.S. to respond correctly may get a surprise. Even if you think a previous response is correct, post your response anyway because I can be tricky ?
Shoot! I forgot to email you about that split. Will do that in just a sec!
No worries. I haven’t yet responded to emails.
I feel like I should know this question, but it hasn’t come to me yet.
Did you see that the commuter trains in Vienna are being scented at the moment…citrus…to combat the heat smells? Thought of you.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/vienna-trials-perfumed-subway-trains-passengers-incensed-austria-u-bahn
The scent should be Linden though
We could absokutely use something like this in these here parts, but then we’ll ger complaints about people being allergic to citrus etc etc
I wore Deauville today…at least 6 sprays…though of you as I lost count spraying 😉 and I can still smell it 11 hours later… 🙂
Ha! 8 sprays 6 hours. You just inspired my SOTD tomorrow – it will be 10 sprays ?
Paris-Riviera: the Oreos came out in the far dry down and the orris molecules must have circulated around my central a/c such that when I unlocked and opened my door, my house smelled like orris butter.
(If chocolatemarzipan is reading, I caught my spellcheck in time or else orris would have come out as Oreos ?)
Holy mackerel, I thought I caught all the Oreos – orris orris orris!
Ahaha!!! I was wondering what the Oreo was all about!!
? i really want to sample this one!!
Ran out of nested replies on the patchouli thread – yes I did try and liked the Solstice Vetiver, haven’t tried the Von Euserdorff yet.
Hee hee I forgot that I had given you a sample of the decant hajuusuri sent me because I really wanted you to try it! Estate Vetiver is on my full bottle list for sure.
I’m wearing You or Someone Like You which is perfect for this beautiful summer day in Dallas. I’m here for training until Friday and so happy to get a chance to explore a new place. If anyone has any must-see or eat suggestions please let me know!
I love Dallas! Don’t have any specific suggestions, but enjoy!
Have a prickly pear ?
No 19! So good during summer. It doesn’t fit this weeks cp because it’s going strong with 3 sprays.
Smelling fine today!
Good stuff!
Twins a day apart. I used 8 sprays yesterday.
Tomato leafy rose today in Distillery General Heirloom. It’s good and sharp- reminds me a little of L’Ombre dans l’Eau.
Well, big news, friends. After two wonderful years in New Mexico, we are off to California. We will be moving probably the first week of September. I’ve come to terms with it and am okay…I’m looking at all the positives (good shopping in LA, close to beaches etc) but I will still be sad to leave friends and a job I really like overall. BUT, I’m adventurous and make friends easily, so I’m just looking at is as a new adventure! Please send calming thoughts my way, though- moving is so stressful
On that note, I think I’ll enjoy some tequila tonight.
You have a great attitude.
I love tomato leaf and have never heard of this one…off to research 🙂
I’ve been meaning to ask you about this! Congratulations to your husband on the new job! Sending calming thoughts and wishing you good luck!
Congratulations! I hope you enjoy CA 🙂
New adventures are great
Enjoy the tequila! Hope your move goes well. Lots of exciting news on NST!
Congratulations!
Welcome to California! I love it. Right now I’m only spending the winters in San Diego, but I’ll be back permanently some day.
Wow. You have a great attitude! Best of luck with your impending move to Cali.
Woohoo! Near LA, you say? So not quite my neighbor, I guess. It feels like you just moved to NM! Best wishes for a smooth move 🙂
Two years ago next month! Oh well, on to new things!
Congratulations! That’s so exciting!
Not sure if you will see this, but I tried to find you on IG, with no luck! I was hoping to see your fabulous Airstream trailer.
Hi! Look me up my my username and see if that works- kellyac125
I had to make my Instagram private for my work/security purposes! But if you request to follow me, I’ll definitely accept! ?
Congrats and your attitude is very refreshing!
Good luck with keeping the move calm and stress-free, and hope you find lots to love in CA.
Layered Chanel No 5 edt over No 5 body powder today, double deliciousness.
I love layering L’eau with the No. 5 body lotion!
I am wearing Grandiflora Boronia BUt pretending that it is Vagabond Prince Enchanted Forest…not quite working but , you know…for a long time I have been searching for one of my favourite childhood books, the Snow Queen , on ebay. The edition I had was beautifully illustrated , Scandanavian modernist. Anyway, I found it the other day. The book was $22 and the shipping $92 for a 32 page A4 sized volume. So the search continues. The Forest on the hill has transformed overnight to Spring. Yellow pollen cones on all the pine trees, a lone daffodil, some magnolias in flower and little turrets of white flowered kanuka.
How could it possibly cost $92 to ship a children’s book from anywhere to New Zealand??
Your spring flowers sound lovely though.
It’s US$62 (NZ$92) which is crazy but typical. I have found another copy for only NZ$50 shipping which is still too much.
Typical? Wow. You have my sympathies.
Out of idle curiosity, I just went to the USPS web site to see how much it would cost to send a half pound package from USA to NZ. The answer is $14.50 USD. I assume the seller was not in the US…..
I’ve never smelled actual boronia but I do really enjoy the Grandiflora rendition. My favourite of theirs is Madagascan Jasmine, have you tried it?
If you need a mule, just ask! Perfume too risky but a book, we should be able to pull that off. (But maybe I misunderstood and it isn’t in the US)
Thanks so much Robin but I will just keep looking locally.
Good luck!
Cristalle Eau Verte and lots of EA Green Tea sprayed over as a Body spray. Fleeting, but nice.
Traveled home from munich, but had a stopover at a big Italian supermarket in the north of Munich. Bought lots of sausage, pesto, pasta and some Campari und grappa.
Hello NST friends, I am alive and survived my tooth extraction yesterday, but the process was pretty traumatic and my pain yesterday afternoon and evening was horrendous. The oral surgeon was incredibly young and very sweet, so that’s a plus (a Vietnamese guy who looked about 15!). I am a bit better today but probably did not improve my blood pressure by watching Mueller testify before Congress. I won’t say any more on that due to our site policies. Probably stressful no matter what your political views. I am wearing a small amount of Nostalgia Memoir de l’Amour just on my fingers because my skin is getting a rash, probably from high dosages of both antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. At least our weather is gorgeous, 86 today and only 38% humidity which is unheard-of in Houston in the summertime.
I hope you are better today and will keep getting better, Calypso.
Feel better!!
Good to hear that your procedure went well Calypso! Fingers crossed for speedy and easy healing now. ?
I’m sorry you had so much pain.
Wow, so glad for you that it’s over!
Whew, so sorry it was awful — glad it is better today.
Hope everything heals up fast from the tooth extraction, Calypso. At least it is all over now. The good weather should help you out some, too!
I am in Susan D. Owens Child today. I get compliments on this one, but have to be careful not to put too much on. (Not on project today, but I just really wanted to wear it.)
Home now and testing Salome. A dear friend sent me a decant from her full bottle. I tried this one several years ago in cool weather. It smelled like naughty underpants. I sent it to university with eldest Marzipan because she and her roommates had “alcohol” parties where they tested many niche samples that I sent her off with as so many of those college kids are so cash strapped with the ridiculous costs of college these days.
Anyway, my skin is wonky because it’s a completely different perfume in the heat….musky and floral. I had the same reaction with my decant that Holly sent me of Absolutely Pour Le Soir. In the winter it was full on skank. In the summer it was Amber and honey. So strange.
I love both Salome and AplS. They both smell ambery and honey on me, not skanky. But I’ve never asked anyone else what they think I smell like. 😉
Isn’t it off how the temp changes them on my skin? Definitely summer scents for me. Or else boudoir fragrances in the winter LOL ?
Oh
My
God
This autocorrect is my nemesis!!
What I was trying to say was “isn’t it funny”
Absolue pour le Soir is something else. I think I will wear it tomorrow to see how it behaves on me in the heat.
It’s GORGEOUS in the heat! But use judiciously!
Damn this autocorrect! Absolu Pour Le Soir!
Wow, your autocorrect sure is antagonistic CM8! Although mine isn’t much better… I’d swear that it hasn’t learned a thing despite all my typing.
So annoying, right?
It took me years to fall in love with APLS. Just tiny dabs from my sample every so often. The first time I tried it, I triple wrapped it and hid it away for months!
Try it in the heat, lillyjo!!! And,btw, autocorrect recognizes your name ?
Ha! Sometimes I don’t recognize my own name, lol?
Wearing Kuumba Wind Dancer today and drinking an iced tea and lemonade drink from Trader Joes.
I love those Kuumba Made. I had a huge collection of them about 12 years ago. I should seek them out again. So good and so affordable and portable.
I agree,they are lovely and affordable.
There’s been a lot of love for Kuumba Made here at NST lately.
They do great musks…I think at one point I had every single one of them!
It IS a gorgeous summer day here! ??
However, there was a bit of drama today… I took Teflon kitty to the vet for her shots, and the typical annual physical. It took some blood (mine, got scratched pretty good this time), sweat (also mine), and tears (Teflon’s, as she made her objections known on the trip to and from the vet’s office). She is in excellent shape despite all her protests. ?
SOTD = a slight whiff of Eau de Vet’s Office and one teeny tiny drop of Tempo that I coaxed out of the sprayer this morning.
ha! on your sotd, I remember Eau de Vet well ? Sorry you got scritched!
I should have remembered to wear long sleeves when cat wrangling today! Oh well, that’s what Band-Aids are for.
Glad Teflon Kitty had a good report ?
That was the last scheduled appointment for the cats this year. Whew!
Aww, what a traumatic day for you both. I’m glad TK had a good result.
Glad Teflon kitty is fine…next time YOU should wear Teflon ?
So glad for the good health report of your kitty, but all that trouble, if only we could make our cats understand it’s for their own good 🙂
SotD = Eau de Guerlain
I adore EdG, it smells refreshing.
Yesterday’s discussion of the new Mon Guerlain flanker prompted me my SotD choice. It was fun to read, you might like to check it out if you haven’t already. ?
I also smell of Bronze Goddess and Jo Malone Whiskey and Cedar, kind of polar opposites. Spritzed them when I went to a cosmetics shop today and sniffed all the tester bottles. Fun times!
Did anything else catch your fancy, perfume-wise?
The shop also had the Jo Malone tea colognes. I liked Silver Needle, but it was $245! ?
Wearing about 8 sprays of AG Heure Exquise. This one usually is pretty quick to leave me, but it’s been an hour, and still smelling fantastic!
I had a new co-worker ask me if I could give her anything to do for the last 1/2 hour of the day; omg, yes! Plus I can keep her busy all day tomorrow if she needs something else to do. She made my day.
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