Happy Almost-Friday! Wash Your Hands! What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm continuing my Astier de Villatte revisit (I tried these ages ago but didn't pay adequate attention) with Elixir du Dr. Flair. I almost bought Grand Chalet yesterday but the combination of breaking my 30-ml-max rule AND paying shipping has kept me from pulling the trigger. We'll see if I cave today.
Reminder: 3/6 is the The Day of the Dude. Take it easy, man.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Eucalyptus 99 [cropped] by ~jar{} at flickr; some rights reserved.
Wearing Dior Gris Montaigne. Another decant that is gone. I will stick with rapidly evaporating decants for a while to give myself the chance to enjoy and finish them.
I cleaned out my perfume cabinet recently and am sad at how many dried up decants I found 🙁
I organized my cabinet during the weekend and it was frustrating to find many beautiful decants completely gone and many of them I did not wear more than once or twice. Some I did not remember that I had. I cannot believe how fast they evaporate.
Oh no! I started doing this when I discovered a precious little decant of Chanel Gardenia extrait that I had been saving had dried up 🙁 I was sooooo sad. But I’ve been so desperately using up my decants that I never get to use my bottles!
I am going to drastically reduce the amount of decants I purchase. My goal now is to finish the ones that have 2mls or less. I am not so concerned about samples because I have so many that I will never finish them in this life. After I will stick with my full bottles. I need to be more selective and reduce my collection as much as I can. I will keep only the ones that I love. It may take a while, but I think I can do it.
I am with you on the no more decants and reducing the stash. I give away samples now after trying once.
You smell wonderful.
Thank you! ?
I feel like the one’s we like best, evaporate first! You smell beautiful!
Thank you, Lillyjo! You are right! Many of the decants I don’t like or don’t used much are barely affected by evaporation. That upsets me greatly! ?
Beautiful! Love this one!
Thank you, Petunia! It is such a beautiful woody rose scent!
Gris Montaigne always reminds me of you!
Thanks for the reminder to give decants some love & affection!
Hope you do! It is heartbreaking to see very beautiful perfumes gone with the wind.
It’s a beautiful day out there! I walked the dog early and had breakfast, now it’s off to the gym. Headed out to some thrift stores with a friend later today.
SOTD: Anne Pliska
Oh, glad to hear that. I’m also a thrift shop fan. Maybe one day we can do that together! I haven’t been outside yet, but am glad the muggy weather is gone, at least temporarily.
I was glad for the pretty day too! I’ll email you; agree, we need to go on a thrifting run.
I love thrifting..let me know what you end up buying
I found a Bean raincoat with a hood, perfect for summer. Very lightweight, in a mint green. Not fancy, but just what I needed!
Another thrift store fan here 🙂 yes let us know what treasures you find!
Found a summer weight raincoat, and used a birthday coupon, so it was even cheaper! Thrift store stuff on sale makes me very happy. ?
I’ve never found much in the way of treasures, but I share your enjoyment of thrift shops, or opshops as we call them here. It’s short for opportunity shop, which is a rather nice concept.
I like the name, Gaynor! I hope you find an opshop treasure one day. ?
I wore Gris Clair yesterday and it smelled so good I’m wearing it again today. I’ve said before that it’s like the smell version of having Pink Floyd as background music all day, in other words, pretty laid back.
I may end up in yesterday’s fragrance again before the day is through 🙂
Wearing Infusion d’Iris as I could not make up my mind this morning and this one always fits.
I think you would enjoy that Grand Chalet, besides it’s a cologne so it needs frequent respraying 😉
I think so too.
I just can barely stand paying shipping, it makes me crazy, even though I know that’s irrational since basically you pay one way or the other.
Well… you could always host a split, right? Just a thought! No action needed! 😉
🙂
I too am trying to come to terms with my free shipping attachment, as you say, it really makes no sense!
Oh, I’m prone to buying useless thing so I can get free shipping. I sometimes wonder whether I’m capable of rational thought ?
I don’t order alot, but I figured out that if I really really want something I don’t care about shipping. If I’m trying to find something else to buy to get the “free” shipping, I must not want it that bad.
Yes! This! If it’s a choice between a discount and free shipping, I’ll take this discount.
*”the discount”. Time to stop typing; too many typos!
I never understand that rationale, unless you’re less than like 6 bucks away from free shipping. Tacking on an extra 10+ $ worth of stuff to get free shipping costs more than the shipping!
You smell great!
Thanks!
I’m wearing Etro Shaal Nur. I have a quite old roll-on sample of it and forget to wear it. It’s gorgeous. When I think of a relaxing take-it-easy scent, I think of incense.
Oh yum, you smell great Calypso.
Commando today because I forgot this morning. Popping to to say Thank You for the Birthday wishes yesterday . I am getting a refund, so yippee for that ?!!
I also got a cold, cause that’s the way my life goes! ?
You are not allowed to get a cold on your birthday!
Its against the laws of nature 😉
take care, Deva! wishing you a wonderful year of adventures and happiness. 🙂
Yay on the refund, boo on the cold. I’ve been under the weather for a couple of days too, so I sympathize.
Oh happy belated birthday! I wasn’t here yesterday. Grieving about my poor kitty. I’m sorry you’ve go a cold. I hope you can celebrate properly soon.
Thanks, and I was sorry to read about your cat. On your instagram he looks so happy and healthy!
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear about your kitty Calypso. ?
I almost put Ladyboy on again today, but my decant of Encens et Lavande was right there. The scent reminds me of sitting in the interior of a stone church next to someone who just came from a bath using Yardley Lavender soap.
Love it when that happens 😉
Great description!
SOTD: Francesca Bianchi’s Angels Dust. Enjoying trying my samples while deciding whether to buy whole bottles and be obligated to a few scents or continue with samples and enjoy a wider variety. I’d hate to have it all evaporate away and I can’t wear perfume to work so will need to keep collection small. (Okay, so I use a very small dab in hopes I’m the only one enjoying it! Shhhh…)
I won’t say a word!
Woke up in a haze of vintage BaV and was sorry to wash it off in the shower. Wearing Kyoto today while I go to work. It’s sunny outside and it’s a good thing to see the sun once in awhile.
Yes it is!
Hey Dudes and Dudettes
Taking it easy in Shalimar
The sun is out today, its gorgeous and will plan to take the kids to the park..
The Shali abides. 😉
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House twins!
SotD = Tauer au coeur du desert
smells so good! it would be fun to wear this side by side with laddm, just for sniffs and giggles. 😀
also! L’ombre des Merveilles!!!! oh my beating heart! aaaaahhhhh!!!!!
In a pinch, I use 4711 as hand sanitizer. take care, everybody.
“sniffs and giggles” love this!
Ditto! It’s destined to become a perfume lexicon classic!
Hi Tiffanie,
Can you tell us more about L’Ombre des Merveilles? Does it smell like any of the other Merveilles? I know Persolaise reviewed it in one of his recent videos and if I remember correctly he was at least intrigued though not necessarily enamored with it.
I enjoys his reviews but wish he would just do the review, not live. Too much time.
I completely agree. I tend to fast forward to what I want to hear.
Agreed – anyone who is going to spend that much time should at least leave us with an idea of what it smells like. I was on the hunt for it last weekend in Toronto at the Hermès flagship store and Holt Renfrew but they didn’t have it yet.
I use his videos to lull me to sleep. 🙂
hi adanst! I wish I could tell you something about L’Ombre des Merveilles. Though I’m quite excited I haven’t tried it yet. (!!!)
I’m hoping the tonka takes a backseat, it can be a dealbreaker for me.
I love incense, and black tea usually hits the right notes so I’m feeling optimistic.
But it could go either way. Eau des Merveilles Bleu sounded great but was a disappointment for me. The white musk in the base overwhelms my nose.
Once I have a sniff I’ll report back for sure. 😀
4711 as hand sanitizer has to be the best coronavirus preventative measure ever. Hat tip!!!!
yay for 4711! It’s good for everyone. 😀
If you do decide to wear LAdDM and Au Coeur side by side, I’d like to hear your thoughts on it!
you betcha, Jalapeno! I’ll probably do it next week. I’ve got so much au coeur du desert on my wrists right now, it’s got to wear off before I try a side by side comparison. I bet other Tauer fans have done a similar comparison . . . hmmmm . . . I should go looking for comments along those lines. 😀
A couple of lovely NST people sent me decants of 4711 Lavender and Thyme, and when my friends and I sniffed it, we agreed that it smelled like it could have medicinal qualities. (lol) Considering that lavender, thyme and alcohol all have antiseptic effects, it seems like that actually could be a pretty good sanitizer. 🙂
SOTD: Jo Malone Honey + Crocus, aka a beautiful almond scent
Just popped out to mail dad’s box of chocolate chip walnut cookies for his bday. He should be pleased 🙂
You smell great!
Those cookies sound yummy!
Botrytis because I just received a partial bottle from ebay and had to confirm that it’s good. It is, of course. I feel better having more than just a decant around
I noticed that Luckyscent hasn’t had it in the longest while. Was it discontinued?
It hasn’t been available anywhere for a while but it is still on various websites as out of stock so maybe nobody knows if it’s discontinued? Had an urge to randomly check ebay and voila!
Lucky you! Its not available on the Ginestet website, i think its discontinued.
I was a little indecisive this morning: it was between LAP La Chasse because it’s cheerful and sunny, or PdE Le Cri, because it’s amazing (and also surprisingly no-brainer for me). I went with Le Cri but spritzed a bit of La Chasse on the back of my hand for some surreptitious sniffs ??
I do that too sometimes.
It’s nice to have variety in one wearing!
I love La Chasse, surprising for me I don’t usually like florals.
It’s a floral alright! Maybe you like certain floral notes, and not others? I used to think I wasn’t into florals (except rose has always been a love), but there are so many I love now.
Nice combination. You have great layering ideas.
Thank you! They weren’t layered, per se. I actually am not sure that would work!
oh my goodness, spring is coming, i must get my on my bottle of La Chasse! yay for surreptitious sniffs! delicious! 😉
Definitely a “sniffs and giggles” perfume! ?
Yah! makes me do both every time ?
Good morning all!
I just thunked my small Antonia decant today, so that’s what I’m wearing.
I just discovered that I like Eau des Merveilles Bleue, so I ordered a small bottle from the bay. At the first sniffs I thought it was too similar to the original EdM to warrant a separate bottle but obviously I changed my mind. I still think it bears a strong resemblance but it’s less salty to my nose.
Does anybody find it quite different from the original?
I found them very different. I’m opposite though, because I thought it was more salty. It’s my favorite from the line, which I think is also opposite of how most people think.
I find it quite different from the original, more mineral than salty.
Agree with Lillyjo and Madtowngirl. It is more salty and mineral and different from the original. I also find it more long lasting on skin.
i have them both and I think they are quite different
For me Bleue is perfect on hot dry summer day. A swim in the ocean in a bottle ? (its an aquatic/marine scent that seems to work for people who usually dont like aquatics, like me haha)
EdM is sweeter and woodier to my nose ? ?
Thank you all for your input. I need to do another side by side comparison; I completely agree with the “swim in the ocean” part; maybe I just don’t know how to adequately describe what I’m smelling. I know that’s gotta be it. More practice is needed ?
Late to the party, but I am going to chime in! I also experience EdM and EdM Bleue very differently. EdM Bleue is salty and mineral-y to me. I agree with Jiji that it is an aquatic for aquatic haters. I can wear it, while the original EdM doesn’t agree with me at all.
Am being very Dude-ular this AM. A little Montale Saffron Oud and a little Montale Patchouli Leaves (which smells a little like dark chocolate and some generic fruit–not your boho’s patchouli!). Once these fade into the ether, I think I will indulge in some vintage Coco!
Cheap trick of the week is TJ’s Rose Oil Hand Cream in the metal tube. If you are washing your hands into oblivion, this one is handy to keep nearby.
Good to know about the hand cream, thanks!
Eau des Merveilles.?
My haircut turned out great! Just in case anyone was wondering, lol. The stylist listened to what I wanted and I left with exactly what I envisioned.
In other, ranting news, this is the second week of my online nursing class and the instructor has yet to make an appearance in any of the online discussions, or grade my work from last week.? The class is only 6 weeks long so technically it is almost a third over. Such a disappointment from my two previous instructors. Part of me would like to get a hold of my advisor and complain (this isn’t free after all!) but I don’t want to risk retaliation in the form of a bad grade. Instead I’ll just vent to you all.?
Merveilles siblings!
Yay for the haircut
Boo for the absent instructor
Lol, thanks for the laugh Jiji!? I have yet to try L’Ombre, but that’s a great description of the elixir. I prefer the original as well.
I think you’re smart to vent to us, unfortunately retaliation happens.
Yep. You know it’s sad but true.??
?rock on!
Good call to rant somewhere safe! On a different note, I’m pleased to hear that your new haircut is exactly what you wanted.
Thanks Jalapeño! Me too.?
Very easy in c.o. bigelow rose and vanilla oils.
Perfect.
Prada Infusion d’Iris
Always the right choice.
We are twins, Barqs, I don’t wear it a lot but always enjoy it when I do.
Still crazy busy at work..but i am trying to live by the Dude’s philosophy. So I am ‘going with the flow’ in Sycomore edt.
A very short trip to the mall afrer work resulted in:
L’Ombre des Merveilles on my left hand
Elixir des Merveilles on my right hand
I really like how this line is exploring the mineral and salty and aspects of perfumery. A welcome antidote to the sweet scents most designer brands are releasing.
To be honest, I am not wowed by L’Ombre but it is not bad either. It is cold and rainy and I suspect this scent needs slightly warmer skin and weather to bloom.
Elixir is very nice, but not running to the store to get a bottle. Maybe because I already have Eau des Merveilles and this feels like the more cosy but also less sparkly and less outdoorsy sister ?
Jiji, is L’Ombre “darker”?
No I dont think so.
Its sweeter and a bit more ‘grounded’, but still lightweight. And it sure has that ‘mineral-y’ spaceous Merveilles DNA.
I must add though, i am washing my hands a bit more often with all those viruses around, from common cold to corona. ?
So i washed it off after 3 hours and therefore did not get the ‘whole experience’.
I hope to try it again somewhere this weekend ! ?
Thanks so much!
California reverie on my left hand, and Mugler cologne on my right arm, for this beautiful sunny day ?☀️
Aha, Mugler Cologne might be a good fit for the Dude!
Although it’s probably more day of the dandy than day of the dude, I’m in Dior Homme (from 2011).
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“Dad of the Dandy” would be a really cool Community Project.
Argh! “Day”, not “Dad”!
Friday again! Another week has flown by. Time passes so quickly, I think the last time I really got to grips with a year before was over was around 1995!
Map of the Heart Gold Heart for me today.
Laughing at the 1995!
It rained all day but I had on portable sunshine with Au Pays de la fleur d’oranger Neroli Blanc EDP (the cologne is very good too, the intense I find too sweet).
?for portable sunshine ?
I’m trying my best to send the sunny weather your way Aurora!
It worked! Thank you, today was sunshine and white clouds.
Senyoko’s Madame Butterfly II, cuz (aside from the opera) butterflies! plus it’s the only one of the samples I have that I thought might suit this beautiful day. It’s the second one of the line I’ve tried and I’m just not feeling it. Anyone a fan? I also have a Parfum Prissana discovery set and don’t recall anyone here mentioning this house – has anyone else explored it or the other stuff from Prin?
Wow, I haven’t heard of either of those houses. ?
I got a sample of Senyoko something from the Indigo Scented Program. And I’m pretty sure I have some dabber samples of the Prin.
I have Ma Nishtana, a lovely incense scent, similar to Avignon.
I’ve been commando due to being under the weather for the past couple of days, still feeling a bit dodgy so just a bit of Natura Palo Santo body spray. I have things I need to do but am loathe to go out in public since we just heard several AT&T stores have closed here in San Diego due to an employee with coronavirus. :-(. I do not want to get sick(er).
Hope you have a better day tomorrow! ?
My vote is if you can, stay home and rest. I hope you feel better soon.
I hope you feel better soon!
Cazaubon, stay home and get better!
Scary! Stay home!
Stay home for today, and reassess the errands tomorrow.
So sorry you’re feeling poorly. I hope it passes soon!
Vintage Chanel 19 EdT today, so i smell classy. Still have no idea for tomorrows CP…
Turkish lentil soup for dinner.
Turkish lentil soup sounds good, tannina.
Both sound great…the vintage Chanel and that soup! Enjoy ?
Same here! Even decants that I got recently are going down quickly. That’s not happening with my full bottles. I am also trying samples once and then they go to the give away pile. If one moves my heart deeply, which rarely happens these days, then I use it whole right away.
This was my answer to Cazaubon!
🙂
Sotd is the easy to wear Shalimar Souffle Intense. Cool and cloudy today. Someone peed in the fitting room again, and tried to wipe it up with a pair of discusting gym socks. They left the socks.. sigh…
Day off tomorrow!?
Ewwwwww! So disgusting! ? Thanks God you are off tomorrow!
Can’t wait! Plus, no school tomorrow so I can sleep in!
Yay!
This sounds like one of hajusuuri’s public transportation stories. Yuck!
I know! They ride with her and shop with me!
LOL!
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I feel so sorry for you, those people are aweful, but I cant help laughing out loud when I read this comment
I had to laugh myself! I never know what to expect when I open those doors!
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You are absolutely right!
What is the matter with people!? That’s seriously disgusting.?
I appreciated that they tried to clean it up, but there was a garbage can 5 feet away! Why not just finish the job?, although we still had to mop.
So. Freaking. Gross! Glad to hear that you are off tomorrow. ?
People are nuts, Jalapeno!
Tea Olive. Thursday brings so many things to be irritated about. WWTDD? (What would the Dude do?)
Not sure what the Dude would do.
I saw a You Tube review on Tea Olive. The reviewer said it was an osmanthus scent. One of her favorites.
He would have a white russian and go bowling.
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Ha! Yes he would.
Cuir Ottoman. This scent has really grown on me. The opening is iris and steam. As if someone poured iris into their iron instead of water. The dry down plush and elegant and intimate. Love it. I just bought another decant but wonder if I should have gone FB?
You can always go FB if you finish the decant! It ain’t over til it’s over.
I went with a hefty decant because PdE just repackaged. I wonder if the messed with the formulation?
Ugh, that always is a thing to wonder about with new packaging. Does your new decant smell any different?
I bought it from STC hoping it would be from an old bottle. We shall see. I don’t have it yet.
Can it be bought from a place that takes returns if it’s a different formulation?
I don’t think so.
It’s a bit less dense but still good, I’d buy it again if I needed more.
SotD Hermes Jardin Après La Mousson. Need some calm for financial decisions/discussions today.
Mr. Teebear and I have been approved for the new apartment, but the building manager wants to start us at the new (higher) rate, and not do 2 months at the rate of the previous tenants whose lease we’d be helping cover by moving in in May. So we need to decide if that feels worth it.
Also meeting later today with our bank’s financial advisor to start talking about how to invest our savings better.
Do these kinds of meetings stress everyone else out insane amounts, or is it just me?
That just seems sort of insulting…why not give you a break for 2 months?
The building manager sounds like a $#@%!, is he doing any updates? I know you said it was a great place so maybe don’t rock the boat, but if you’re not sure, it wouldn’t hurt to keep looking until you decide.
Management’s reasoning is that “they did the work” to look for a tenant to take over for May – even though they weren’t the ones to show us the apartment, and they only had shown the apartment to one other prospective tenant before we sent in our application. Did they really have to work that hard? Nah.
But… the housing market in our city is absolutely crazy right now with vacancy rates a fraction of what they used to be, so they don’t need to do us any favors.
And it’s still a huge upgrade for us in our living situation, as current apartment hasn’t been renovated since the 80s and building is 100+ yrs old and poorly insulated.
I’d just suck it up and pay if you really like the apartment, as vacancy rates are so low. It’s aggravating but that’s the way things are right now.
Another sunny, warm-ish day, but I am feeling under the weather today. I woke up achy and sweaty. That seems to have passed, but it was an unpleasant start for sure. Time to break out the chicken soup. ??
SOTD = Oriza L. Legrand Reve d’Ossian, from the sample stash. Incense always works, even if I feel yucky.
Glad you’re feeling better Jalapeno! I hope you’re not getting the crud. I was really sick a few weeks ago and can’t shake it.
Thanks Petunia! Not quite sure what on earth is going on. Maybe part of it was a bad night’s sleep?
Hope you have a good night sleep tonight.
Thank you PL67! ?
Hopefully a good night’s sleep will have you feeling all the way better tomorrow.
We shall see! I have clam chowder on hand for tomorrow just in case.
Glad you’re feeling better. It was beautiful, but kinda chilly today!
I enjoyed every bit of those blue skies! Too bad tomorrow is supposed to be rain all day. grumble
Hope you are feeling better today (reading yesterday’s posts).
Back to Bois d’Iris for me today (TDC). My 50 ml bottle is getting dangerously low. Can’t believe that I expressed doubts (in comments on NST) about having bought it!
Thanks for all the kind date-i-versary wishes yesterday!
Will you get another bottle of the TDC?
Almost certainly. I’ve been in “no-buy” mode for just about everything, including perfume, but this has become such a staple for me that I have a hard time imagining not having it.
Jolie Madam for me tonight; hopefully Dude approved..
It’s my Friday, so tomorrow my co-worker friend and I are going to the recently opened garden centre to look around (woo hoo). She has a huge yard so it’s always fun to go there with her. We also are going to Lee Valley Tools, Winners and maybe to Sephora if we have time! Then lunch at the pub afterwards!
Happy weekend everyone.
Sounds like a super great day! Enjoy!
Ooooooh, soak up some of those great plant smells for me please!
Enjoy your fun day!
Late to the party but I am still smelling mighty fine in …
SOTD = Chanel No. 5 L’Eau
Here’s my beautiful red bottle ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9X3UvPBsTg/?igshid=9ebqw9xvxik6
I wonder what other colors that bottle would look good in?
Make mine pink please ?
We were so close to being twins!
Jicky in the morning. I’ll figure out something soothing for bedtime. Maybe a vanilla fragrance…