It's Almost-Friday plus Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am turning my attention to the community project, in Demeter Beetroot. I have indeed had a negative comment, although that was from my husband so doesn't really count.
Reminder: 11/8 will be Art House / Stunt Perfume Friday...wear a fragrance that you find weird and wonderful but that might not be appreciated by anyone but another perfumista. Bonus points if you've ever received a spontaneous negative response or odd question and still wear it! Suggested by HemlockSillage.
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 Photographier au musée (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris) [cropped] by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra at flickr; some rights reserved.
I don’t pay much attention to my hub’s negative comments either, unless he REALLY makes a stink about what I’m wearing… (pun intended). My 13 yr son loves to hate everything I wear, so his opinion is completely disregarded! 🙂
Anyhoo, completely unoffensive and quite office friendly in Tous Happy Moments. Who could hate this fruity lightweight? I will absolutely order a FB when my sample is gone…..
Smelly first impression: So I got Arielle Shoshonna Sunday yesterday, and I am going to need to test it further and get to know it a bit better. My 1st impression is that the lotus note doesn’t agree with my skin at all (lotus and aquatics never do), but the spices and milkiness tend to compensate and it smells pretty great! It did take a few minutes for me to get past the top notes before I liked it…. I shall definitely wear it more before a final verdict is pronounced!
My husband is also inconsistent…he will make positive or negative comments about the exact same scent, and then refuse to believe me when I tell him so. So perhaps there are other relationship-related issues at play 😉
LOL Most assuredly! That’s ok though…it’s good to keep each other guessing the intentions sometimes! 🙂 I DO pay attention when the Hubs complements a fragrance more than once. That’s the primary reason I bought Poopoo Pipoo! He really notices that one.
Anyhoo, my 13 yr old just enjoys hating my fragrance, my outfit, my graying hair, and anything else I do….We enjoy torturing each other that way! I’m constantly sticking my wrist in his face and telling him to take a big ol’ whiff! 🙂
I’m sort of trying to participate in Lonestar Memories. Love this one. I can also still detect some of yesterday’s L’Heure Bleue.
No negative comments yet.
Your poor husband, Robin. Does he not like perfume at all?
Nah, he does not really mind. Anyway, I wear perfume VERY lightly most of the time.
Ha! My husband’s negative comments don’t count either. ?
I have a dentist appointment this morning so I am keeping it on the down low in Ouarzazate layered with Ancient Resins.
Hope the dentist goes well!
Good luck at the dentist!
You smell calm and serene. Oooommmmm. Good luck at the dentist!
You smell fantastic, Petunia. I am doing dentist on Monday as prep for some serious dental stuff I have been putting off for ages. Blech.
It was a drag, I had a root canal, but I am glad that it’s over! Now I just need ibuprofen and an ice pack. ?
I’ve never had one myself, but even the thought of having to keep one’s mouth open for that long seems off putting. I wish you a speedy recovery with the ibuprofen and the ice pack!
Oh, boo! Seems to be The Thing this week. I’m sure you’re glad it’s over. And of course you smell great ?
I have never had to have one — yet, knock on wood — but I know it is my husband’s least favorite thing in the world. Hope the ice and ibuprofen help!
I hope that your root canal heals quickly and easily just like mine did.
Ancient Resins has magical properties- hope you feel much better now.
I bet you smell amazing in that duo.
My own taste in art leans toward ceramics, pottery, that kind of thing. I have a fair-sized collection scattered here and there in the house. SOTD is Gucci EDP, and the art piece that complements it is a terra cotta vase that has a matte-finish glaze from the top to about halfway down, and from there it does an ombre thing shading to a slightly shinier burnt orange glaze and on to an ashy brown. I bought it at an art fair several years ago, and am sad to say that it has no artist’s name on it (it does have a Chinese chop kind of stamp near the bottom, but it’s heavily glazed and hard to make out details). Anyway, Gucci EDP always makes me think of terra cotta and burnt sienna.
I love pottery but have very little really other than gifts. Your vase sounds lovely!
Robin, you turned me on to Beetroot so I bought a 15ml bottle that I use occasionally. I thought about using it for the CP, but I decided I wanted to go with one house this week. I’ve been wearing L’Artisan all week, and really enjoying each one. Today I’m in Mechant Loup. My question is should I wear Dzongkha tomorrow, or Dzing!. I really love Dzongkha, but Dzing! fits the CP better.
I don’t know, Dzongkha is pretty weird. A lot of people would not identify it as a perfume smell. I know I didn’t the first few times I tried it.
Mechant Loup is so good! And agree with cazaubon about Dzongkha.
I love Dzing! I remember trying Dzongka ages ago, but I can’t remember it very well. I do think I liked it better than Timbuktu. Dzing I adore.
My SOTD is Clinique’s Wrappings. It contains lavender and the hubby HATES lavender. But I won’t give this perfume up, I love it too much. 🙂
Triple shot espresso
Completed Spin class #4 last night, one more to go and I’ve reached my goal! WHOOT!
congratulations for the spinning ambition! i can see why the espresso was needed 🙂
It just hit me that I bought a bottle of Wrappings after Christmas for a real bargain, and haven’t worn it! Time to pull that one out for these chilly fall nights!
I love Wrappings! I’m also not a big lavender fan but I don’t detect it, so it must be very well blended. It’s such a great perfume.
Congratulations on the spin classes!
Good for you!! I Have been a cyclist for multiple decades but I dislike IMMENSELY spin classes. You are a better warrior than I.
I’m going with bittersweet chocolate – Montale Chocolate Greedy.
Oh, I have a scentbird decant of that one. Isn’t it fun? You smell great.
Yum!
sounds delicious. i ate a great bittersweet chocolate with fleur de sel – very ‘pun’y brand too, ‘Grain de sail’.. and was thinking I need its equivalent in perfume!
Have you been to État de Choc on St. Laurent (near Beaubien)? They have a wonderful selection of gourmet chocolate bars.
I have not. But I will.
I really like Chocolats de Chloe for when I can be bothered to go to Plateau!
Also : Douceurs de Marche at Atwater market has some nice ones… a lot of Michel Cluizel, drool. Thank you for the recommendation.
I’m in Chergui and the sun is shining!? It’s only in the teens though, brr.
I finished my research paper yesterday afternoon and it feels so good to be done! I don’t know what I’ll do with all my extra time now. Should probably tackle some of the housework that has been neglected for the past 12 weeks. The other day I was looking through some boxes in the basement and came across my old Sony Walkman. I put some new batteries in it and it still works! As a funny haha I was listening to it when my husband got home from work. He asked me where I found it and when I told him, he told me “you have too much stuff”? Probably true.
Enjoy your (temporary) freedom!
Funny about the Walkman- I have a Discman that still works! And I feel very retro using my iPod at the gym, lol.
LOl, I do that, too! Hey, it’s got exactly what I need on it.
I know! It has close to 1,000 or so songs on it, and I don’t have to rely on internet service or waste my phone battery. And it hasn’t conked out yet…
I do get looks from some of the young’ns, though ?
it’s a good idea though. less distracting than a phone. and i broke one too at the gym 😀
Yay for being done! That 12 weeks went by fast for me, lol. I think I still have my walkman, I will have to look. I know I have my old Polaroid camera.
Oh, i won a Sony walkman as a poor student in a call in radioshow. I loved it so much…happy memories?
Beautiful Instagram of someone who sells mainly fine traditional Japanese teapots and related items, such as lacquerware and accoutrements for the tea ceremony.
https://www.instagram.com/artistic_nippon/
I spotted some incense containers on his website, and there are probably burners, too, but there’s no search function, so I will be *forced* to spend time going through the entire inventory to see what’s there. ?
Aaahhh, love the dark green teapot with the flowers painted on the handle and spout! Cuuute! Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome — they are too wonderful not to share!
Haven’t seen you for a while. Hope life is treating you well! Are you still searching for oud?
Nice ceramics, but I guess you hear that from all the girls.
? I’m well, have been reading about watches, politics, and history more than perfume recently. I’ve purchased some nice incenses but don’t burn incense that often. Most often sniffing my Ensar Oud mysore sandalwood oils these days. I hope you are well, too!
That reminds me, Kyarazen has a new post up on his blog about a CO2 extraction facility for oud he visited in China:
https://www.kyarazen.com/the-future-of-oud-oils-fractionated-sinensis-co2/
His tea wheel is right before that, too, if anyone missed my post on that.
That’s a great link.
There was an interesting article about the watch designer Gerald Genta in the latest issue of British GQ magazine – Robert de Niro on the cover (as well as a long watch supplement – your Breitlings!)
Genta designed the Royal Oak for Audemars Piguet and other modern classics like the Nautilus.
All good here!
Thanks for this tip — I can probably find that British GQ on ebay and also share it with my watch friend.
Probably won’t push the button, but I have been eying vintage 90s ladies quartz Royal Oaks — all of that cool design and relatively much less than other versions.
Wow, gorgeous stuff!
I immediately thought of you, Robin!
Vintage Poison today. You know it’s old when the atomizer is pressurized! I’m wearing my all purple outfit and the bottle just arrived to me. What can you do? I do love it though.
You smell fantastic, of course!
Thank you!!
I’m pretty naive with perfumes, but I think Poison and opium are the greatest creations of all time. Instantly recognizable, much better than any of the imitators that came after. Don’t make me go dab on my motor oil textured precious spoonful I have left of Poison.
My vintage Opium extrait is like motor oil. I don’t have much left and I treasure every drop.
I have a hoard of Opium and it is very very precious.
I love both of them and you’re right, they are well deserving of the masterpiece title. Too bad neither are still around.
Wow, you smell divine.
My bottle of Coriandre is also with a pressurized atomizer.
Thank you! I have a few of them, and they’re very weird to me. I feel like the scent gets a bit warped.
You smell amazing!
Thank you!
At the time I could never make up my mind whether I like it enough to buy it, so I never did. I’ve since purchased one of those adorable minis with esprit de parfum. It is one stunning perfume!
It’s fascinating, even beyond smelling good or bad. I have done Esprit too and it is great too.
SOTD is Gris Clair for some calm today. I’m not sure if this qualifies as weird, but there is a rusty steampipe thing going on.
A little exhausted today. Yesterday was my hubs bday and we had plans to go to a nice restaurant for dinner, but he developed bad tooth pain and swelling during the day so the later part of the day was spent scrambling to find an in-network dentist for an emergency visit. No luck with the in-network bit, but he did find a local dentist who could see him and do an emergency root canal yesterday evening for an out-of-pocket fee. Seems a lot of dentists don’t take our insurance anymore (Emblem). Ugh. ? We’ll have to reschedule for a cheaper dinner out…
Happy Birthday to your husband! Sorry about his tooth.
Aw, thanks! Yeah, it was a bummer.
I’m sorry he had such a sucky birthday! I hope you can celebrate properly later. Emergency dental procedures with providers you don’t know must be nerve wracking. Hopefully he’s feeling better today. ?
They actually turned out to be very nice, accommodating, and quick (more than our regular guy ?), so at least that part wasn’t unpleasant. He is much better pain-wise. Swelling is still there.
Dental insurance is one of those things where you have to wonder if it is worth it, given all the restrictions. Hope he recovers quickly. Not a fun birthday. In a perfect world, he’d deserve an even more expensive birthday dinner. But….reality intrudes.
They were also a little misleading saying they accept all PPO insurance, of which our is one. That doesn’t mean the insurance will actually pay for it. She said after-the-fact that they’ll pay 1/10th of the cost, which is nothing, really.
Dentists wonder why people avoid going to the dentist and fear is ine reason, but fear of a huge bill is probably the a big part of it.
How rotten. Root canal pain is just relentless.
Thanks! Ha! Yes, it was literally rotten.
That is a heck of a birthday for him. An emergency root canal is a terrible way to spend your day. I hope he’s feeling better soon so you can enjoy a nice meal.
Thank you! Terrible way to spend any day, really. He is better and we’ll do something soon-ish.
So sorry about the dental emergency spoiling birthday plans. Most dental insurance is crap, and I have never understood why dental and vision are always separate from medical insurance. Your eyes and teeth are part of your body (and important ones at that). Just one more way to sock it to the little guys. :-/
Thanks! Yeah, it doesn’t really make sense and is just another way to discriminate- the whole health care system is terribly classist.
He paid out of pocket, but if he couldn’t afford the cost of a root canal he would have to opt to lose a salvageable tooth by having it pulled for less money. And if that’s too much, just take antibiotics and leave it for now.
Happy birthday to your hubby! I hope he feels better today.
I had the same thing happen last week. It took me three days to find an Endodontist and I waited another four for my appointment. My tooth had a pulse last weekend despite antibiotics.
Oh, dear, that’s awful. He wanted to see if he could wait it out, but the last time he did that he ended up in the Bellevue ER (they have emergency dental) and I wasn’t doing that again.
Poor guy. It really hurts. I hope you both enjoy some sort of celebration soon!
Sorry for your husbands tooth! Hope you can still find a place for a nice meal together.
Thanks Austenfan!
UGH! And ARGH! on your poor husband’s root canal. I hope he gets a nice meal to make up for it when his mouth isn’t so tender.
Happy birthday to your hubby. What a day! Sending healing vibes!
I’m in Lampblack today. I love the citrus and Vetiver in this one….not so sure about the sharp, inky part.
My AS is out for delivery today, yippee! I hope it doesn’t fall victim to high school prom syndrome. ?
I’m afraid I don’t get it–what is that? (The syndrome, I mean.)
Sorry, I guess that was vague and internal to me. I remember looking forward to senior prom a great deal, but it was a let down. I’m sure it was for many! It’s my internal ‘slang’ for building something up in my mind so much that the reality of it can’t deliver.
LOL — excellent use of internal slang, and I think I will adopt that one myself.
Funny! I suspected that might be the answer, but I never went to a prom. Thinking about what my version of that is, and I think it’s a lot of costume parties- the fun and investment all goes into the costume planning/making/donning, and then it’s all downhill from there, lol.
Oh, Lampblack! I forgot about that one for the CP, and I even got a negative comment on it from someone- so bonus ?
I think you smell great and I like the inkiness, myself.
Like Calypso, I haven’t heard of that syndrome. What is that?
See above. ?? ???? That is an index finger.
I have to admit, I consulted basenotes for inspiration….
http://www.basenotes.net/threads/422159-What-Are-the-5-Weirdest-Scents-You-Own
Today I am wearing Chanel No 5 Gold Shimmering Gel. It smells great, and has small gold fragments/flecks in it. I dabbed a little bit of No 5 Parfum on top.
I really like that gold shimmering gel. It might be my favorite variation on No 5.
It really is nice ! Yesterday, in the department store, I applied a little bit of the gel to each arm, then sprayed a squirt of No 5 EDP on my left wrist and a squirt of the EDT to my right wrist. Both smelled really nice with the gel.
And, it smells great on its own also 🙂
SotD is New York
So yummy on (another) cool and rainy day!
New York is so, so good. You’ve reminded me that I ought to wear it again soon. I prefer it in cooler weather as well.
Guerlain Vetiver
Thunk
I will never drain my Vetiver, luckily!
Well I am happy to share my birthday with Bittersweet Chocolate Day (hold the almonds). It’s a lovely sunny day (again) and will be a short work day since we are heading to SF to see Hamilton this evening. — and yes I planned my birthday outing. It’s the best way to get what I want, and hubs is relieved that he doesn’t have to come up with something. 🙂
My Arielle Shoshana package is out for delivery today, so that’s my birthday gift from the perfume world, it seems. My Sonoma Scent Studios package is due to arrive tomorrow.
But what scent to wear this evening???
Happy Birthday. What a great celebration with a night out and perfume arriving! Not much better. Enjoy!
Happy Birthday! Just think, next birthday, you’ll be retired and living the life of Riley??
Oh yeah!!!
Woohoo, good point!!
Have a wonderful, happy birthday and lots of fun for your evening
Happy Birthday! Hope you will have a great time.
Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! Sounds like an excellent way to celebrate.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Pixel. Wear your most mostest favorite perfume tonight. ?
Many happy returns.
Happy birthday Pixel, and hope Hamilton is excellent!
Happy birthday!! Hope you have a wonderful evening.
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday! ?
Sounds like a great way to celebrate, enjoy!
Happy Birthday Pixel! Have fun!
Happy birthday, pixel, and I hope you’re having a blast at Hamilton!
Happy Scented Birthday pixel! Enjoy Hamilton! ???
Happy birthday, pixel! What did you end up wearing?
Happy Birthday! Hope you have a wonderful evening.
Arielle Shoshana Saturday, which I am enjoying more than Sunday. It’s loud and puckery and fun, enjoying it immensely. I’d say it counts for the CP, too.
I like them both but I think I also like Saturday better than Sunday.
In the snugly Anne Pliska today, which I guess some people think is odd. Or maybe it’s the bottle people think is weird/tacky? I’m all about the insides and the inside of this metallic pink and gold bottle is the best.
Judge for yourself:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kkSbVhg5t/?igshid=1c1obxpzzpz9j
I like it. That’s a nice picture too. I like those little flower lights (I think they are)!
Thanks! It gives off just enough light to not be obnoxious. Long story attached to it as was I was at Michaels, and NOT looking for anything like it, but it really works in the van. It’s a great source of ambient light, and works as an earring/necklace holder. Everything has to multitask. ?
Wearing Sunday again, but if my perfumes were unpacked (they’re still in a suitcase because I’m still waiting for our dressers to be delivered), I’d wear Mirus Silver Lining. The first time I wore it at home, my fiance stepped into the room and immediately said, “Do you smell dirt?” and a bit frantically started looking around to see if there was a surprise pile of soil and mulch somewhere in our bedroom.
Those annoying piles of dirt, always turning up where you least expect them!
Ha!!
This made me LOL!
Tauer LADDM for me today. I think it kind of works for CP. Just different enough. But gorgeous.
Had a plan to go to IKEA today, but we are delaying because we noticed that weekday travel to the Brooklyn site is more onerous than weekend. So….instead I’ll get cracking on my list of tasks on which I have procrastinated….
We are house twins today!
I love LADDM! Guess we are house triplets today.
Huh, really? I’ve only been twice: 1 weekday and 1 weekend. The weekend was far worse. But it’s been a few years so maybe that’s changed.
You do smell lovely.
I’m wearing Bombay Bling today to go with my cheerful mood and energy. I’ve had wonderful sleep the past two nights and what a difference it makes.
Mmmm, smelling fabulous!
Ahhh, feeling envious – over the marvelous sleep
Lucky you, I would kill for two good nights’ sleep in a row. Enjoy!
Love Bombay Bling!
I am wearing Andy Tauer’s Au Coeur du Desert today. I am loading up my Sephora cart and going to use my 10% coupon. I am going to order Kiehl’s ultra face cream to try out at least.
You smell great Dawn!
I really like that cream. Affordable, simple hydration!
Today I am wearing Olfactive Studio Violet Shot. Mmm… yum!
Ohhhh boy do you smell fantastic! I sniffed that pre release at it is amazzzzzing.
Thank you Angela! This and Iris Shot are so well done! It’s actually a shame that Olfactive Studio had to postpone the launch until spring 2020 due to some difficulties with production of a bottle element.
Morning! Still in bed, staring at the trees outside my window (I sleep with the curtains open and rely on the embarrassment response ….glance, and look away….should anyone ever pass by, which never happens – ever) Wearing Imaginary Authors Cape Heartache which came as a sample with my Chypre Mousse. Pine and strawberry, and I’m not quite sure I’m the audience for this one. I wore it yesterday and found it a little distracting.
Play day today as I finished ticking off all my work yesterday. I bought a new camera last week – a ricoh gr3 – and am loving it. I have a photo project to go with an essay I wrote which I want to turn into a small self-made book called: looks bad, smells good….things like the lilac tree between the two ugly garages, a strip of newly mowed grass beside the main road, the harbour next to the fuel storage tanks, the florist booth in the shopping mall…
https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/22/862037/en-plein-air-a-smell-discussion-scheme#
A link to the essay and a photo of a ‘looks bad, smells good’ location
Cool!!
great concept. too bad photography can’t capture scent.
Fascinating! I love the photos. Even if they don’t capture a scent, they conjure it. I didn’t know that kanuka was something with a smell. Now I must look it up.
Wow, it’s quite pretty! And the trees get so big!
The smell really comes from the leaves, like Manuka…so a softer version of tea tree oil but a little dustier and not so full on the turpetine/lemon element. You really have to crush the leaves in your fingers unless it is a hot morning after a heavy dew, or a hot evening.
I think most native trees here seem to be peppery, lemony, ferny, turpentine-y, pollen-y or berry-y-y-y
Great ideas — I’m so looking forward to your book!
It’s funny, for all my interest in fragrance, I rarely notice or remember the scent of places, unless it’s something highly unusual.
Lovely! I will post a blurb tomorrow in case anyone missed this.
I’m doing a good job with the CP today by wearing CDG Concrete. It’s nice! I was quite keen on it and wore it a lot when I first got it (maybe a year or so ago?) but then sort of set it aside and more or less forgot about it until this CP came up. Discovering a lot to enjoy here. Creamy and quite spicy. It’s rainy and dreary here, with a front coming through that is due to lower our temperatures a lot. (Fine by me, as it’s stayed too warm, but I don’t like the rain much.)
Here’s my picture of it: https://www.instagram.com/p/B4kpeLSpCqq/?igshid=5jma5fylaac.
That is an adorable picture. I hope you are doing ok today.
Thank you! I’m doing fine but was planning to go visit Mom and now I won’t. It’s just too hazardous driving in Houston in heavy rain with the buildup of puddles and possible road flooding.
Smart.
What wonderful kittehs!
Thank you for the condolences on Pixel kitty Calypso.
Friday here and, after a busy week, my brain isn’t quite up to deciding on a challenging perfume. I think Bois d’Encens will be suitably calming.
Bois d’Encens is always suitable 🙂 Maybe I’ll wear that scent this evening.
Almost weekend!
Ah, Bois d’Encens!
SJP Lovely, and it is comforting.
In a combo I favor, l’Artisan Mechant Loup layered with Rouge Bunny Rouge Tenera. All these chocolate related days are fun and a good excuse to indulge – but I don’t keep any chocolate in the house unfortunately.
I am pretty sure that we literally ALWAYS have chocolate in our house.
Here too. It would be practically unthinkable for there not to be chocolate of some description.
It’s unusual for us not to have chocolate of several descriptions. Sadly, from right where I am sitting I can reach about 6 different kinds of chocolate bar, plus the box where I’ve hidden the leftover Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (not real chocolate, but “chocolatey”) from Halloween.
That’s a healthy supply of chocolate 🙂 I remember liking Mary Janes when I lived in New York.
I try to always have something chocolate in the house in case of emergency. Lol, sad but true. I could live off of chocolate, and good bread.
I’m with you on bread, Lillyjo and bread and chocolate are good together.
VC&A Moonlight Patchouli.
Gorgeous stuff. I WANT it.
I am behaving, not pushing the PayPal button…have been fighting myself for a good while now. I think I missed the best sale pricing so that is my justification.
Now quite curious about Moonlight Patchouli, after having bought VCA Orchidee Vanille unsniffed and it all worked out quite nicely.
I smells a lot like Bottega Veneta for me
Oh gosh, I hadn’t caught that, I will have to do a side by side comparison.
Hi AnnieA, I think every perfume in this line is really well done. I purchased California Reverie for my daughter (it gets a lot of love here) and was looking at Bois D’Iris as an iris scent but liked Moonlight Patchouli even more as the iris was very forward and well projected when I sampled it. I think the quality is excellent. No affiliation,I hope you try it and really would love to know what you think. One smart and savvy SA at Neimans loves Orchidee Vanilla above all. Congratulations to you.
Fragrancenet was selling 10 ml decants for reasonable prices. Ask me how I know… ?
Oh clever girl!
I disregard my husband’s comments about my fragrances, which are universally negative and based on the fact that I don’t wear the same type of thing his mother does. I prefer instead to seek the opinions of my children–they are still young enough to be honest and have no ulterior motives.
SOTD: ELDO Remarkable People
??? I would have thought that perfume would have been one area it would be preferable -not- to resemble a parent…
My thought exactly.
Yep. Same here.
SOTD = SL Fourreau Noir
Lavender, tonka and musk – fantastic!
PSA or not, depending upon how you look at it: Excepr for some exclusions, every at Barneys is … wait for it … wait for it … a whopping 5% off. Looks like rhey’re ekeing our however much they can squeeze out of the shoppers. I say they should do as Henr Bendel did to get as much inventory out as possible! Beauty should now be at 30% off but nope. Bye Barneys.
I may have forgotten to mention that yesterday was my Friday.. i’ll be back at work on Tuesday. Today, I’m back in the City visiting the Museum of Modern Art and the Poster House. Pictures to follow at some point on IG!
I read somewhere that “regulars” were being given larger discounts by the SAs they had dealt with in the past…so the inventory will still go, but rich people who don’t need sales will get most of it 🙂
Truedat! I don’t buy at Barneys much except for the Beauty Bag Event and I actually skipped both events this year.
You smell wonderful, I think Fourreau Noir is my top Lutens scent. And Barneys can pack sand.
The tonka in FN smells especially creamy, like having whole milk without the fat and the calories. I agree with Barneys packing sand!
Ha! Yeah, I got that email and rolled my eyes.
I saw that same thing that Robin is talking about “preferred shoppers” as they were called in an article.
I do think that stock will end up at discounters, though. It seems like it makes more sense to get some close-out seller to buy them out in bulk?
They may still have to pay rent and also probably did not want the employees to be out of a job during the holiday season. Maybe I have a bleeding heart.
When my store was liquidated two and a half years ago, everything started out as ten percent off. Gradually things would get more of a percentage off. Beauty was the slowest to be discounted. It took 4 months to close the store, and the last hour, everything became ninety percent off. It started getting crazy sales around thirty percent. As I always say, people are nuts, they could have bought the same things anywhere else for less cost, but they got caught up in thinking they were getting a deal. Once the store goes into liquidation, all power goes to the liquidation company, and they get a percentage of what they sell, and a bonus for going over a certain amount. They have no concern for anyone but themselves. Adding in my case, the liquidator treated the associates like dirt. We were forced to stay because they hold your severance over you. It was awful.
Oh wow lillyjo, you’ve been through the wringer with your former store!
Sorry that was my long way of saying, that I doubt Barneys has much control over how things are going to go. It was a big eye opener to me.
Ooooh, enjoy your long weekend!
5 percent liquidation discount, phooey. Pound sand for sure!
Found some Zoologist samples in a drawer and I’m wearing Hummingbird. I think it is kind of weird – sort of like Skittles. I hope Skittles are international so that others know what I’m talking about.
Yeah, both that one and Nightingale were just too sweet for me.
Wearing Mugler Supra Floral. Might have to move over the the Office tray vs its current spot on the Summer tray, as it’s such a nice, go-to scent to wear at work.
I do like that one 🙂
BeauFort London “Vi et Armis”
Top: black pepper, tea leaf and cardamom;
Mid: whiskey, incense and opium;
Base: tobacco, birch and oud.
I first sampled this when it was “East India” and I wasn’t sure whether to swoon or throw up. It is still a divisive scent, not least chez Koenigsberg – which is why I wear it here in Düsseldorf and not at home in Málaga!
I can well imagine TOMK would find it objectionable. 🙂
Yup, and it’s the “loud, emphatic and sustained” style of objection, so I can’t really pretend not to notice. ?
I haven’t commented on this blog for several weeks due to being too busy at work and also a death in my family. But today I am wearing Parfum Empire’s Tabac Tabou Extrait. I haven’t worn it since last Winter and had forgotten how good it is. I also received my bottle of Francesca Bianchi’s Lost in Heaven and my sample of Black Knight. Now I will eventually buy a full bottle of Black Knight too because I really love it.
You smell fantastic, dont see TT mentioned a lot.
Oh.and i am really curious about Black Knight….whats it like?
Sorry for your loss, Filomena.
In Arielle Shoshana Sunday. Delicious and perfect on this cold, grey day.
Another hectic and emotionally draining day. However, I am glad that I was able to be there as support for my friend at his dad’s funeral.
SOTD = Donna Karan Black Cashmere (original) EdP, from the sample stash. It was perfect as an emotional support perfume.
You have had a rough week. I hope from here on everything settles down. Sending hugs.
I will definitely be glad to see the end of this week! On the plus side, I got to meet another friend’s new baby girl today! All 6 pounds of her. So very sweet. ?
Nothing better than new baby smell.
Aww… Babies make most things better. I hope it helped you.
Hoping you get a restful weekend.
Thanks lillyjo! Definitely feeling like I want to decompress in some way.
Self posting to thank the other folks who expressed condolences about Pixel kitty earlier today: AngelaB, She-ra, and therabbitsflower. Thank you. Your kind thoughts are greatly appreciated.
Bulgari Black for the weird rubber note.
We took the train to Berlin today, had to wait at the platform for 90min because the train was late and i was cold. Nowhere to warm up at Stuttgart train station…. Finally arrived in Berlin at 11pm….
Thankfully my congress starts at 10am, so i dont have to get up too early
Help y’all!
I heard that Le Labo Rose 31 was reformulated in 2016. Was the pre-2016 version very similar but stronger? Or really different? I loooove the current version but wish it was stronger.
My sotd was Metallique. This is very close to the skin. Since I was at work, I couldn’t smell it much unless I had my wrist to my nose. I try to limit that action while im working. Maybe I will try the more is more approach next time.
I stink because I went to the 11th circle of hell today. In case you’re wondering, the 11th circle of hell is the Sawgrass Mills mall. I have no idea what I have on, but there is a lot of it. And it all stinks. Something Tom Ford and definitely CK 1, which I’d never tried before. Everything smells of synthetic musk and sweet caramel, even the TF thing, which smells like a cheap celebuscent.
I remember not liking CK1 at all when it came out, but I can’t remember exactly what it smelled like. I guess that “Nope!” was a good enough answer for me. ?
More for me, although I haven’t smelled it in years..
It has that icky, 90’s melon smell. But it probably isn’t that bad. I squirted about 20 different ones. I can’t believe how much they charge for Tom Fords, and that everything in the mall smells like dank pudding to me.
Whaaat? CK One used to be a sheer citrus, green, woody scent. I really hope that it still is. It was one of my signatures when it first came out.
I got the exact same thing from ck1 as you. I’ve smelled it fairly recently, and I thought it smelled like I remembered. Maybe the summer one is different.
Late to the discussion today. My husband has a terrible nose, he rarely smells anything I wear. (In contrast, his hearing is bionic, he can decipher a whisper from two rooms away.). I’m wearing Si Lolita today which is one of my no brainer perfumes – spicy but not sweet so it works in all seasons.
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I don’t have too many ‘weirdos’ but I pulled out my Lush Ginger for tonight. I really need to wear it more often. Happy almost Friday everyone!
That’s a healthy supply of chocolate 🙂 I never see peanut chews in the UK, I remember liking Mary Janes when I lived in New York.