Saturday is Mandela Day, and Sunday is Ice Cream Day. RIP John Lewis.
We're soldiering on with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you've got in an online-shopping cart right now, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: shown is "Jeni’s favorite flavor of all time! ORANGE BLOSSOM CHIFFON. It’s like the greatest push pop you’ve ever had. Made with tangerine and orange flowers, fresh buttermilk and yogurt. Sweet, tart, creamy beyond words, and magically light as air." This spring they also had Osmanthus & Blackberry Crackle and Cocoa Curry Coco.
The Pour Un Ete for me today. Just the thing for a Saturday at home.
Sounds very relaxing
Ice cream and I go way back. It’s a true, long lasting love that’s unshakable. So solid, I wouldn’t be surprised if we died holding hands. ?
Woke up in Farmacia SS Anunnziata dal 1561 Vaniglia Del Madagascar (What a mouthful!) and think I’ll keep it going for the rest of the day.
Thanks for all the good wishes yesterday regarding the sale of my house. Now, when people mistake me for a homeless person in my baggy jeans and flannel shirt, (as has happened many times before?) I’ll feel like less of a fraud. People assume a lot and I hate to disappoint them.
Ha! You know what they say about assuming.?Belated congrats on the house sale.
Thanks!
You crack me up ?
My work here is done! ?
Deva I am still waiting for my Shalimar cream ?
No! Is it missing or just delayed? I hope you get it soon. Should we send out an APB? This is serious… will they send you a replacement?
I’ve been keeping mine in the fridge for a fragrant cool down! Delicious ?
Seriously delayed.
7/9 it shipped and nothing yet
I would contact the place of purchase so they can investigate.
You ordered from Macy’s right? Last time I ordered from them it took about 3 weeks, and I never got a notification. It just showed up.
Yes
Ok, this is probably the situation then with Macy’s
I also ordered sheets from them last month and they showed up with in the week.
I hope my Shalimar is not sitting in the heat somewhere ?
LOL at your last paragraph and congrats on selling the house! You’re free to do as you please…well, more or less ?
Thanks! More more and less less than ever before, which is a fabulous feeling. ?
Deva, for some reason, I often debate my last meal on earth ( maybe because I grew up in a family funeral home business?)
And have this combo of what needs to be the last taste. Pizza, French fries or ice cream. Mmmm tough choice.
Favorite memory of ice cream…the stop at Howard Johnson’s on the New Jersey turnpike. Peppermint for me, pistachio for my sister.
Same station wagon with no ac covered in sand from jersey shore.
Today post shower, going to go with Chinatown again.
I have Eve in my shopping cart, but just got the electric bill so it will sit there a while longer.
I has a mani pedi appointment for today, but looks like I’ll be doing my own later.
Well, as far as last meal is concerned, eat all three, in vast quantities!
Are you in southern Ca.? Doing your own mani/pedi is the smart thing to do right now. Groomed nails are very pretty but no one will notice if you’re 6ft under…
I hope your electric bill is manageable so you can pull the trigger on Eve.
I love (most)
Of my childhood memories! Happy to hear you’re having some yourself✌?
Perfect last meal: caprese salad, steak frites, peanut butter chocolate chip ice cream with hot fudge.
I don’t think my last meal, if I knew it was that, would be that balanced! I keep thinking about strawberry shortcake, maple buttermilk bars, and chocolate cake with orange curd. I’d be hard-pressed to choose only one dessert!
I love dessert, but boy do I love caprese and steak frites! If I had to pick one of the 3 my head would just explode.
I used to love Howard Johnson’s peppermint ice cream!
mmmmm the best. in a waffle cone.
Wait. Baggy jeans and flannel shirt is how I spent most of the 90’s! Please tell me you have some Doc Martins to complete the look.
I’m not that cool. I usually sport Birkenstock’s, sometimes with socks ?
Roll up your jeans to just above ankle height and I think that still counts towards cool, hipster-like styling!
I’d be happy to look like a cool, hip sixty year old. Can I be her, or at least have her hair:
https://i1.wp.com/www.styleatacertainage.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/DSC09033.jpeg?w=1256&ssl=1
I would take that hair!
I’m not cool, but I love my Docs. One brown, one black – I’ll be wearing one or the other while eating my last meal of the freshest, finest sushi, followed by some green tea ice cream.
You smell great. I had a decant of that from a lovely NSTer which I drained and pondered a FB but then got sidetracked as one does w/ vanilla. Congrats again on the house. I saw your path might take you West later this year…let me know if your path brings close to San Diego please. 🙂
Wish my path brought me down to San Diego some time again! Love that town!
Definitely WEST! Hopefully somewhere higher and cooler and less densely populated!
I heard San Diego is great. There are travel assignments there pretty regularly, so I may get there eventually!
If you ever want more, hit me up. I have a huge bottle which I’ll never get through.
Congrats on selling your house! That must be a load off of your mind. I’d extend an invitation to visit Houston, but it’s not really a good idea right now. ? Plus, the weather stinks.
My heart goes out to folks in Texas, and the other “hotspots,” right now. I’m so sorry things aren’t under better control and safer there.
Thanks Marjorie Rose! We will get through this.
I love your instagram post today, Deva! Very funny.
Laughter is the best medicine. ?
I’m in the last of my California Reverie decant. As someone who doesn’t like florals, I enjoyed it quite a bit. I have a couple more samples from Dame’s JD line on their way to me, tracking says they should be here Monday.
We have a heat advisory for today with temps into the 90’s and high humidity. I’ll definitely be spending the day in the ac. It’s currently overcast and I’m feeling quite melancholy as I watch old Pearl Jam videos on YouTube.
Ha! Was writing my comment when you posted yours and we are already scent twins!
Lol, we are!
My 4th of July Dame sample should be here today..
I’m feeling melancholy with you, but if I were to hear Eddie Vedder right now, I probably wouldn’t go to work!.
There’s some real good small concert ones, from early days Seattle on there.
Oh wow, mine got here last Saturday! This is a second order, because I am weak, lol.
I will look for those, I’ve been watching a few from ‘92 when we saw them at Alpine Valley lollapalooza. Sigh…
https://youtu.be/sTfm9RU-QqM
Pearl Jam, very 90’s! Will watch all of it later.
Melancholy has been a frequent visitor in my abode as well. Especially the 1970’s.
I just ran across the PSA from the 70’s regarding coronavirus! ?
https://youtu.be/5q7HkxNhnXA
Hahahaha? thank you for this! Thank god I wear trousers and have an indoor toilet.?
It’s the little things that matter! ?
Thanks for the laugh, Deva.
You’re welcome! We really need laughter right now…
My husband has had Soundgarden and Chris Cornell on constant replay this week. As a result, I am in my feelings.
Ah yes…Soundgarden, Chris Cornell, that voice! Gone way too soon.?We saw them that year too. One of my favorite memories…. of the crowd going wild when they took the stage and literally ripping up the sod on the hill that led down to the stage and throwing it. I had it everywhere, in my hair, my sandals, lol. Good times.
Yay…what Dame samples pls?
I ordered Musc and Singularity. I got a sample of Duality with my freebie and really like it so wanted to try more from this line. Laila wore it yesterday and gave a perfect description. Have you tried it? I think you would like it because: vanilla.?
I got the Duality too but haven’t tried it yet. 🙂
Correction…just checked and I actually got Singularity which I haven’t tried yet. I did try Duality which was nice but not me somehow and I included w/ a Swapmeet package to another NSTer I think. The JD line has a vintage feel and is so reasonably priced. I don’t see Singularity on Fragrantica for some reason so I can’t pour over the reviews but will when I when I try it.??
Over the last few days I’ve been testing various citrus fragrances but none of them has really charmed me to make me go and buy it. So for now Ormaie Les Brumes is still a top contender.
Did 33 km bike ride early in the afternoon. Now – post shower and post dinner I’m wearing VC&A California Reverie.
Happy weekend to all!
Omg, we are twins!? You smell great!
What are your favorite citrus fragrances?
There are many. Paris-Deauville, Prada Infusion de Mandarine or Atelier Cologne Clementine California are great.
Not long ago I thunked my bottle of Eau des Sens and wanted to add something new and refreshing to my collection in its place.
Paris Deauville ???
Is the Ormaie a sweet or bitter citrus?
It’s nice and warm, mixing sweet and bitter elements.
Sounds lovely
Just found out this is an all natural line!
This looks quite lovely!
I’m wearing a little Killian Love Don’t Be Shy. It’s stinking hot, I’m packing the car for the cabin! So in less then 5 hrs I will have my swimsuit on, watching the baby ducks and deciding what cocktail to have at Happy Hour on the dock.
Sounds perfect- enjoy! Safe travels.
That sounds amazing! Have a great trip.
Baby ducks and cocktails sound like the best plan for today…I will join in but have to improvise on the ducks and substitute birds in the backyard. Enjoy!
Have fun!
Hooray! Sounds like a wonderful plan.
Have a safe and fun trip!
Sounds fun! ?
Wow does that sound good!
Baby ducks and cocktails! ?????
Hmm..ice cream (gelato) day
I love ❤️ love love ?
In Chanel’s Boy today
Had a frustrating morning at the farmers market, COVID has not brought out the best in people ?
Finished All Adults here , good book, now back to Swimming Lessons
That stinks that you had a bad farmers market experience. I hope you got lots of great vegetables!
My old German tomato’s ?
Yellow squash, small eggplant ?
That eggplant emoji always makes me snicker ?
Tee hee!
? ha!
Which is why I have been avoiding my farmer’s market. I was traumatized recently by my trip to Trader Joe’s in a neighboring state!
What happened?
It was the first time I was in Trader Joes in years! I didn’t know where anything was and didn’t know exactly what I wanted. I got stuck in the soap, shampoo, toothpaste aisle trying to quickly grab things for myself and the minis but I guess I wasn’t moving fast enough and people started yelling at me!! Then one person said, just pass her, so they all did. LOL ?. I don’t think that I need to be rushed and end up buying the wrong items because I didn’t have time to properly examine them. Needless to say I am NOT going back.
Ha! You should have made the “semi trailer backing up” beeping sound and put it in revers! Or coughed discreetly into you mask. People can be rude jerks sometimes ?
I’ve taken to loudly clearing my throat when folks get too close to me in public. If they mistake it for a cough, it’s even more successful at reminding them to keep their distance.
Wow!
I am sorry CM8
Amoungst all the things that you bought that were all wrong, did you try the TJ’s Body lotion ? The two french friends I have swear by it
Thanks guys for making me laugh. No I didn’t get the lotion, sadly, was under too much pressure to move through the aisle!!
Oh that is a good story, and bless you for laughing; glad that one person had some sense – hopefully your putative cloud of cooties did not transmit anything @_@ while masked people took 1 second to pass you. Deva: LOL re: beep, beep! I might use that.
I’m wearing Arielle Shoshana’s Saturday because it’s Saturday. And because it smells really good!
A big branch broke off one of our pecan trees last night and fell in the backyard. Our dog is so happy – she loves branches and sticks. I’m pretty sure she thinks it came from dog heaven.
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She might be right.?
I hope so! I’d love the idea of dog angels sending her something fun.
Oh, I’m finally sending your package on Monday! Since COVID-19 levels are stupid high here I wanted to wait until a package my husband was putting together was ready and just go to the post office once. I didn’t realize he would take 50,000 days.
Thank you so much! Not sure where you are but I am in San Diego and we are high too. 🙁 I have been to our P.O. once to mail Swapmeet packages and it was fairly quiet and very orderly which was a relief. I really appreciate you sharing some of the EDPs.?
LOL! mine sat down and started gnawing one that blew down in the park this morning. Simple pleasures.
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Ahahahahaha that’s a great story! Imagining your dog seeing sudden branch drop as manna from heaven ?
Yes, very cute! 🙂
HIya scent twin! Thanks so much for posting your doggie story. It made my day.
Pecan trees are notoriously lopsided and prone to that, but you’re still lucky to have one!
In Amouage Epic right now. I spent the morning on the phone with the dentist’s office. I can’t seem to get an appointment right now. Ever since things started opening back up, every one is making appointments. At this point, if it isn’t infected and I a not in pain, it is going to wait a couple more weeks. The thing seems to be breaking apart a little more and lost a part of tooth. I have no idea what happened with my day thus far. I am just going to be careful at this point.
Hope you get in at some point this summer. Word around here is that dentists are only fixing up teeth gone wrong, versus checkups etc.
Half my problem is that there are no dentists near by me that accepts my insurance and not being able to drive makes it harder on me. What is near me, I have to wait 2 weeks. I would rather make an appointment for Friday to get it done. Eventually, I will figure it out. Living in a rural area sucks when you don’t drive.
Morning all!
I’m wearing Pierre Bourdon’s La Fin d’un Été and loving it as much as ever.
I have a split opportunity announcement: a brand new 15 mL travel spray of Trayee (Neela Vermeire Creations). I’ve just ordered the Take Two package which comes with 2 x 15 mL bottles (each in its own box) from Luckyscent. I do not need both, so one is up for grabs.
The total cost was $125, so figure half that plus shipping.
If interested please dibs here and email me at arzeznik in the land of comcast with a dot and a net for further info.
Wishing everybody a great weekend!
Oh, dibs! I love Trayee but don’t want a full bottle. Emailing you now!
Got it. Thank you Deva!
I am so intrigued by your SOTD. Angela reviewed it a couple of years also snd really liked (and bought) it. But she said at the time “as far as I know only one store in the world carries them: the Astier de Villatte on rue de Tournon in Paris.” Is that how you got yours or is there wider distribution now?
Yes, that is exactly where I bought it last spring. It’s been discontinued, sadly.
Too bad – maybe he didn’t have wide enough distribution! We were hoping to go to France in September but that trip’s been postponed, of course.
Very disappointing, I’m sure, to have to postpone the trip. I’m in the same boat, had a France trip planned for May this year. Hopefully we both get to go next year. Or whenever things calm down enough to make travel safe again.
I’m not sure what factors contributed to the apparent demise of his entire line of perfumes (I think he launched five of them in 2015).
I remember going into the shop looking for Sous Le Magnolias, which won high praise from Austenfan. I had not even heard of La Fin D’un Été. They were already completely out of the Magnolias but encouraged me to try LFDE, with which I fell in love immediately. It was after that I discovered Angela’s review. Had I known it would be discontinued I would have bought two bottles.
Anyway, I can send you a sample if you’d like. You can contact me at the address above.
Dame Leather Man…..for Jalapeno.
Speaking of ice cream….about five decades ago I was the human interest centerfold story in the New York Post eating a huge pailful of ice cream from the local Dairy Queen in the city. Still have the newspaper article ?
That is so cool – show us the pic!!
Oh yes, we want to see the photo, if possible.
Plus three on the photo!
That’s commitment!!! I need to hold myself to that level of accountability ?
I was hoping I could find it online but no such luck… I think it was from 1970? I don’t have Instagram or anything similar so I would not know how to show it to you guys ?
You can email me a pic and I will post it for you (and take it down whenever you want me to)
Thanks, chocolatemarzipan! I hope you are at least liking it!
It’s good. I’m not drawn to leather although there are a select few I really like. This one reminds me of Stash. It starts out dry but then develops that spicy pickle vibe which I loved in Stash. At least that’s what MY nose is smelling ?
Thanks for the review… I couldn’t smell Stash much at all, so I can probably give Leather Man a pass, and think about other Dame perfumes to sample.
Finished trying out the Centauri samples. Proxima was fruity but happily not ozonic, Gaea probably the dirt and wormwood, and Dendera a dry incense. The latter two remind me of the Slumberhouse line, so frankly quite dude. None will be for me, but an enjoyable scent experience/virtual trip, especially since I am unlikely to be visiting, say, Egypt anytime soon.
I like the Slumberhouse line, but agree they have a “dude-like” vibe. I cannot honestly describe you as having any dude-like traits that I’ve witnessed!
Yes, not one of the top 5 adjectives used to describe me, and my perfume collection reflects it. I have TF Tuscan Leather and Carner Barcelona Cuirs, and that’s about it.
Thanks for the mini review as now I know I can probably pass.
SOTM is coffee with a hint of skyrocket juniper (which I’m trying to save in the side yard at the moment). I’ll find something more appropriate after my shower.
Ice cream! When we moved last year, one of the few truly “downgraded” things about the new locale is the local ice cream shop. We have a place around the corner with very fancy names, small serving sizes, and honestly, just meh ice cream. The old neighborhood did it right, with generous servings and creative, but not too froo froo, flavors. I am quite lactose intolerant, and they have an entire case (8 flavors on rotation) of lactose-free treats for me to consider! In our humble opinions, this place rivals the much more famous, and famously long-lined, Salt and Straw.
Fancy-pants places who are not quite as amazing as they think they are annoy me so!
Yes. Mr. Spicebomb seems especially insulted by this place, since they seem to think so highly of themselves, and “it’s not nearly as good!”
Chanel 19 Poudre. I was up and out the door early – got groceries with only about 5 other shoppers, then did my 3 mile walk. I picked up some Swedish Sea Salt soap on sale at the store as a treat.
And now ☕️ and local blueberries on the deck (which is also a treat) and as a further treat, son and I are planning to make homemade brown sugar ice cream in honor of National Ice Cream Day.
Ooo !!! You got Poudre!! How do you like it?
It’s a decant from an NST swap. Nice, but I think I prefer original No. 19. And of course, I love the more expensive parfum concentration…
Me too!!!!
I like 19 P but it doesn’t last a New York minute on me..how about you?
On me it’s much more fleeting than original 19.
The parfum? The sample I have lasted a long time with an incredible drydown. That said I don’t know how old it is.
Sorry I meant no 19 Poudre
Oh, the Poudre – got it!
Rainy all weekend here in Miami, so more sheltering-in-place at home.
I am considering moving my current WFH desk and monitor from the living room (no privacy) to the bedroom. Requires rearranging the entire bedroom, emptying a bookcase and moving it and restacking it, buying a new desk @ IKEA (do I want to go to an IKEA on a Saturday…not sure) and then sort of figuring out how I am going to rearrange the big empty space in the living room. Wish me luck!
I am scentless at the moment but last night I wore the dwindling drops of Aedes Copal Azur and OMG I really want more of this. I heard it’s been officially disco’d. Is that true? It’s one of Duchaufour’s best incense scents. To quote Robin’s NST review: “Verdict: I love Copal Azur. It’s my favorite of what Aedes has done so far, and I’ve liked them all. It went right on my buy list, but for me the price and size of the full bottle (the packaging is admittedly gorgeous) is a major disincentive. If I’m smart, I’ll never buy 100 ml of anything ever again. What we really need is a coffret with travel sizes of all four, or alternatively, to be allowed to mix and match the purse spray refill sets. I’d buy one right away.”
I think I got my travel sprays of one of their other scents from Beauty Encounter.
I agree that Copal Azur is the best Aedes scent. It is so beautiful and one of my favorites incense perfumes.
The travel sizes have been discontinued, but they may be found somewhere else online.
I saw the travel sprays on fragrancebuy.ca last night.
There are travel sprays and full bottles for sale on Amazon.
I wonder if IKEA is offering curbside pickup?
Busy packing for the camping trip. Wearing Bee’s Bliss, which I will NOT be taking on the trip as I do not want to attract any insects.
Have a great time. We had such a good time on our last trip that we will be camping again next weekend. Yay for fresh air!
Have fun!!!
Have a great time. Enjoy the cooler temperatures!
Enjoy your trip! Do you have a Thermacell? It helps a lot in non-windy conditions.
I had never heard of it, but apparently I can get it at Home Depot. Thanks!
we are also doing a “camping like” trip soon..more like a cabin with a bonfire outside type of trip
Have a great time! I hope the weather is perfect for camping!
There is some rain expected, but mostly clear days I hope!
Safe travels! ?
Jealous of my sister in CA, who let me know she’s been sitting out on her deck since very early this morning in mid 60s weather. Of course, her high temp will be 30 degrees warmer than that this afternoon….
Did some spritzes of the husband’s At the Beach 1966, but I wasn’t getting much, so I grabbed his Bergamote Calabria and sprayed generously. He’s making some split pea soup today, so he made a quick trip downstairs to get some supplies. Proclaimed it “truly awful” outside. I looked at temps, and it doesn’t seem that bad to me. Hot but not hideous.
Oh! And that ice cream looks gorgeous and delicious. I had assumed peach until I read the description. Yum.
I would not want to admit how much time I spent reading about Jeni’s flavors this morning 🙂
That ice cream sounded SO good!
Yes, it was lovely and cool this morning. I am going to go for a walk around 6:30 or 7 this evening.
On my way out to get a new AC. The one in my bedroom decided to die around 1am this morning and needless to say I couldn’t sleep well for the rest of the night, despite having 2 fans running. Feeling drained and sleepy. Coffee now and ice cream later to the rescue!
I just sprayed lavishly on Jean Nate for my venture outside. We have a heat wave starting today and until Thursday with temps in the mid 90’s and high humidity. Not a joke!. After I am back home I will wear Chanel Paris-Deauville and will relax with a glass of beer.
Have a happy and safe weekend, everyone! ?
Eek!! On the AC!!
I still have the Jean Nate you gifted me…love it!
Paris Deauville is amazing. I might break down and buy a bottle for the middle mini for her birthday and then decant for myself ?
Paris Deauville is very cheerful and easy to wear. The same goes for the shower gel and body lotion. I am sure your middle mini would love to have it as her birthday present ?!
Yup!!! That’s what I was thinking!!! Great bday present ?
What a terrible time for your AC to die. I hope you’re already home enjoying that cool beer.
It couldn’t do it a a worse time! ?. Now I am back home enjoying the beer! ?
Going to join you for a beer! Glad you got your a/c unit.
Beer twins!?
I hope that A/C is fixed ASAP. I can’t even imagine getting through these recent incendiary summers without it. If it can’t get fixed today, maybe get a hotel room until it can be repaired. This kind of heat kills?
It is brutally hot and humid outside!?. Fortunately, it was fast and easy to get an AC in PC Richards (no affiliation) in my area and I already installed it. I was more concerned about my old doggie than me. His breathing was very bad. Now he is doing better.
Oh good! Glad you have the issue resolved. Poor doggo! I’m glad you’re both more comfortable!
Hope the A/C shopping was easy.
It was! It is already installed and we are feeling better now.
Hope you get ac soon! It’s been so awful, even I am admitting it!
Got it already! As much as I love hot weather, I enjoy it mostly when I am outside. Being inside without an AC can kill, as Deva said. Fans are never enough. The heat we are facing now is very rough.
Yuck! That’s a terrible start to your weekend. I hope you can get your new AC installed very soon.
I was looking forward to the weekend to sleep very late! At least Sunday is already saved!
Ugh! We do through a lot of window units, but have never had one die in the middle of the night. So sorry!
Thank you, Robin. This is the first time it happens in the middle of the night. It was shocking and upsetting!
Deauville and a beer sounds divine. I love Deauville too. Hope the AC gets installed quickly.
It is indeed a nice combo! ?
So sorry about your AC! We are supposed to be over 100 tomorrow, I shudder to think what that would be like without our AC.
Thank you, Cazaubon. The thought of not having AC now is scary. It is also going to be feeling in the 100’s here. It will be a very hot and long week!
Boo-hiss-bletch on your AC unit giving up the ghost in the middle of the night! Very happy to hear that you already have a replacement installed!
I really panicked in the middle of the night. I was counting the hours to run and get a replacement.
Boo hiss on the AC dying but what a relief to be able to get and install one right away!
Since it was a window unit it was fast and easy to install. So glad because it was really awful today and tomorrow it will be worse.
I’m wearing my sample of Clinique aromatics in white and enjoying it.
I do think it is a very fine white floral but it does lack the sheer magic of aromatics elixir. Looking at it online, I do think it is a bit expensive for a beauty brand fragrance and a flanker so I don’t think I’ll ever go full bottle.
Coupled with Deva, we’ve been going house hunting, in contrast we’ve been dressing ourselves up a bit to look like financially viable First time buyers! It’s funny isn’t it?
Hey, now’s a fantastic time to buy with such low interest rates! I hope you find something you love! ?
Oh good luck to you!
House hunting can be fun, if you don’t feel terribly rushed! I hope you are able to enjoy the process and find something that’s exactly right!
I think it’s all in the down payment but good on you for making a good first impression.
Happy Saturday! I’m in Corpse Reviver, from the Bruno Fazzolari Scentbridge program, spearheaded by hajusuuri. It is a big gourmand, just like the description card says, but not sweet in the typical gourmand manner. Whiskey, anise and rosemary, with immortelle and espresso bring up the rear. Maybe it’s the dark chocolate that I’m smelling, and not the espresso. Then again, I just had a piece of banana cake with espresso cream cheese frosting, so who knows. ?
I used a tiny spritz, which was plenty!
Espresso cream cheese frosting?!! Omg that sounds amazing!
It’s easy! Just add a teaspoon of espresso powder to whatever cream cheese frosting recipe you use and keep adding/taste testing until you reach the state of alertness you desire. ?
Oh thanks! madtownteen always requests banana cake with chocolate frosting for her birthday, but this sounds like a great alternative!?
This is the recipe I used. I halved it in an 8×8 pan, which was all the two if us needed. ?
https://www.howsweeteats.com/2020/03/banana-cake-coffee-frosting/#wprm-recipe-container-64733
Thank you for including the recipe!
Why did I never think to do this? It would never make it onto the cake, I would just eat off the spatula.
Ummm, yeah, that definitely happened here. ?
It sounds like it would be really good spread on a graham cracker, too.
Marjorie Rose, great minds think alike 🙂
Thanks! I saved it to my notes.?
brownie with espresso frosting.
Be right over
You better get behind me!
Jk… save me a piece?
I split this purchase with Nancy and we’re trying our three scents in alphabetical order. I liked the Corpse Reviver more than she did. I got LOTS of immortelle and dark chocolate and a bit of anise. Not sure about the civet but I think so. It immediately reminded me of T-Rex, and lo and behold, same perfumer. I told Nancy it’s like a Serge on steroids. I like it but it’s not love.
When I woke up I had a stomach ache and have had little appetite all day. Feeling a little worried here. ?
At least I still have my sense of smell. Imagine having that symptom for any of us?
Uh oh! I hope you feel better really quickly, Calypso! I know you’ve been anxious, so maybe it’s just nerves?
I do have jangling nerves so yes, and also had terrible nightmares last night. No appetite is rare for me. It’s 12:30 a.m. now. I made myself a boiled potato for dinner and it tasted good. We’ll see.
Calypso, we are jangling nerve twins.
Maybe the hot weather is making you feel unwell? I hope that whatever it is moves on quickly.
I hope you feel better soon!
I love Corpse Reviver! You smell great!
Thanks teebear! ?
I had to do some overtime this week, including last night & early morning today. The good news is I have rewarded myself with a bottle of Vivacious. It isn’t a bad trade odd if you ask me 🙂
*trade off.
I guess I am a bit tired, I hope my testing was more accurate than my comment.
I think that’s a perfect trade-off! You earned it!
A well-deserved self-bonus.
Back home from our mini vacation. I blasted myself with La Pausa first thing this morning. It’s pretty hot out there and it’s going to be a toasty week coming up.
My zinnias and lavateras that were planted from seed are blooming like crazy now. So are the cosmos. I think next year I will plant from seed again since it worked out pretty well for the first time. We ate all the arugula, radishes and lettuce so far; more are replanted for round 2. The carrots and volunteer tomatoes have a way to go yet.
Hope you had a lovely time.
It was pretty fun with some of the usual family dynamics for extra measure. We’ve learned to laugh about it.
Decided to apply both AA Nerolia Bianca on one hand and Tiare Mimosa on the other, they’re both good choices.
We did get uninterrupted sunshine today with temps in the mid-twenties.
Who is tiarre mimosa by?
It’s Guerlain, another Aqua Allegoria from several years back.
Ah… before I knew there was more than 5 Guerlains. Lol!
Honestly, I knew there was more, but it took me a long time to realize I didn’t have to go to France to get them?
Glad that you are getting some nice weather now! ?
Pamplelune today from an old mini dabber that comes in the 4 pack you find in duty free like the one below. Haven’t worn this forever…SO good. 🙂
There are some strong feelings on Fragrantica on this one but I get no urine.?
I love duty free. I used to think if the world was going to end…duty free would be the place to be. Perfume, makeup, booze, cigarettes, chocolate and other luxury goods.♥️
https://kazan.mydutyfree.net/3907-aqua-allegoria-miniatures-coffret
You make duty free sound like heaven!
Some duty free shops are very nice, while others are kinda lame. It really depends on the airport.
The best one I have been to for perfume was Heathrow – they had everything, including all the exclusives from all the lines
I’m at work.. stretching out my lunch.
I walked around the corner of the bathrooms and saw a man with his shirt off trying on a shirt. I didn’t have it in me to say anything, so I just gave him the stink eye until he left.
My daughter seems to be doing a little better today, but still I hate not being with her.
Sotd is Angel Muse.
Oh wow. How would he even get back there, assuming it’s off the main store floor, and where employees only should have access to. Wasn’t there another similar incident awhile back?
Glad your daughter is doing better!
The last time, it was boxer shorts.. better than briefs, I guess?
Ew, seeing some strange dude in their tighty-whities would be horrible!
People don’t know how to act. ?
And I would like to know why?
Why Deva? Why!!?
That’s the great mystery of life. It takes a wiser person than myself to figure it out. I’ll run it by T-Rex- she has an answer for anything and everything ?
Stink eye can be a very effective tool for keeping people in line.
I need to practice giving it more.
I rely on my “teacher look” quite a bit, which is definitely a subset of stink-eye. I’ve been told I give kids my teacher look in public all the time, but I’m not aware I’m doing it.
OTOH, I’ve totally been “that lady” who corrects other people’s children in public, so I guess I’m not totally ignorant of my infractions!
Seriously. Are they just phobic about using the dressing rooms? Trying to save time?!
Dressing rooms have been closed in some stores as an anti-infection measure.
Your anecdote should be funny in a gross way but it’s not. I really wonder why some people feel so entitled? I had a situation at a grocery store check out a few weeks ago. Someone who was not wearing a mask stood much too close for my comfort. I asked him politely to back up a little and he replied “I’m a rebel. Besides, you’re wearing a mask so you are protected.” I did’t even respond. I just turned around and asked asked the cashier to call a manager. He disappeared pretty quickly. ?
I hope your daughter is okay?
She slept through the night last night, finally, so I think she is starting to feel better.
Poor thing. I hope she recovers quickly!
That is good to hear!
Glad to her that your daughter may have turned a corner with healing up!
Ugh, that should be “hear”!
What an a$$. You did the right thing.
Glad your daughter’s feeling better.
SOTD ended up being Vepres Sicilliennes. I smell like classy fruit (apricot?) and flowers.
Well, in the current heat and humidity, I decided the hair on the back of my neck had to go, and I cut it off. Spent nearly two hours looking into a mirror reflecting the mirror across the room, but I think it turned out ok. It went from just above my shoulders to just about ears-length. I’m sure I’ll find bits that need fixing, but I’m pretty pleased that it worked ok!
You smell great and high five for the haircut!
Thanks! The shorter length was such a luxury on my walk! Air moving on the back of my neck again!
Congrats. I am not brave like you.
So glad I have NST as a refuge! There is wedding DRAMA today!
One of the potential guests is making a huge stink about how unsafe and unethical it is for the engaged couple to even be THINKING of having their ceremony in December. It is shaping up to be a poop hurricane… As the Maid/Matron of Honor, I know a bit about alternate plans and contingencies in the works. The bride and groom are not unreasonable people. I could see a friendship ending from all this.
SOTD = AS Saturday again. I wish I had blind bought one of those 10mL bottles when they were available. All I am seeing now are the 50mL bottles and samples on Ari’s website.
The guest needs to be quiet and make their own decision to attend or not. What is wrong with people?
Invites haven’t even been sent out yet. Apparently this person has a history of doing stuff like that. SMH.
It sounds like they need to be put on Ignore.
Sadly, it seems that a member of the wedding party is listening to this person. And it’s causing waves.
Hey Jalapeno, I have half of an original travel spray you can have.
Let me know if you want my email.
That would be awesome! Pretty sure I have your email saved somewhere.
Oh boy! I had two weddings this year. One will be rescheduled to next year and the other is going ahead. Why don’t they just send regrets and a gift if they are that uncomfortable with attending?
Ditto this. Why everyone has to make a big to do about everything these days is beyond me. And then carrying on about it forever- jeez those types exhaust me…
I agree! Just make your own decision.
Congrats on selling your house.
Thank you!
I read from bottom up and am just seeing this now. Phooey on the guest making a big stink. This is where I say adults should make their own decision and not pull everyone with them. [I wrote more but decided to censor myself ?.]
You are my self censoring idol! I need to learn from a master because my filter went missing years ago…?
I haven’t really been wearing perfume lately. We’re in another heat wave here. I’d forgotten that I’d done a somewhat distanced order of irises, but got them today.
In a relatively normal year, the Delaware Valley Iris Society would have had their iris sale at the Jenkins Arboretum, but Arboretum things were canceled this year. This is apparently another thing the Iris Society does, selling a limited number of irises from the garden of an iris-lover who lives in the area of Penn State’s Main Campus.
I’d ordered a few historic irises, including ‘Odoratissima.’ With some luck, I’ll let you know in the spring what I think about that one. A lovely iris society person who lives in this area of southeastern Pennsylvania brought the irises I’d ordered down to me. Mom was saying that she didn’t see how Penn State’s “Happy Valley” would be counted as part of the Delaware Valley, but somehow there were people willing to transport the rhizomes here and there.
Also, bulb catalogs have been calling my name, and I’ve ordered a good number of spring-blooming bulbs to be delivered this fall. I’m more of an instant-gratification sort of person, but I guess now’s the time I have hope that I’ll get them planted soon after they arrive in October. We’ll see how ambitious I feel in October. lol
Irises are beautiful. I planted some this year as well. My mother has an old fashioned variety that smell grapey when they bloom. I keep forgetting to dig a few up.
Make a note to yourself? They can be dug up in the spring before they bloom if they can be replanted quickly, and July seems to be the traditional time to transplant irises. I’ve been trying to collect varieties with scented flowers in the past couple of years. I think ‘Caprice’ is an iris that’s notable for having flowers that smell like Concord grapes. The flowers are purple, if I remember correctly.
I keep a running set of garden notes on my iPad, organized by month. Sometimes I just note what is in bloom. Other times it’s care reminders. Like, I bought a clematis this year, and it’s the type that’s supposed to be trimmed before new growth (since that’s where flowers will be). I can write that into my notes, a reminder late this fall to trim it, and then I don’t have to rely on my memory. Well, I have to remember to check my garden notes, but that seems less daunting!
Correcting myself: ‘Caprice’ is fragrant, but the flowers are a deep rose color. There are also irises with fragrant purple flowers.
Keeping notes on an iPad sounds like it would be a pretty good way to keep track. 🙂 I type up notes here and there. I know the once-blooming roses are supposed to be pruned after they bloom. Usually I end up trying to take dead canes out in the spring.
I love bulb catalogs, but somehow I any year I order bulbs, I always end up with so many more than I thought I’d ordered! I don’t know if I accidentally order from more than one catalog, or I order more later, and I forgot, but I always end up with hundreds of them that I just start sticking anywhere in the ground that I can!
I’ve done both those things, I’m pretty sure. 🙂 Some of the garden experts who are way more organized than I will ever be suggest that one should have a hole already dug and designated for a specific plant many months before you actually get the plant. Have I *ever* done that? Of course not. lol!
I just try to figure it out when the bulbs come, where I might possibly find room for them. Oh, well. They still look pretty. 🙂
Oh my. I would never succeed at that strategy! For one, I’d never remember what each hole was for, and for another, I like a more crammed, cottage-garden style, and there’d be holes right next to plants that take over in the summer. I don’t think they’d be happy with their roots exposed!
I’m sure yours are lovely, wherever they end up. 😀
I associate iris with my father. I don’t know why, but I see them and smile. Good luck fitting all your new bulbs and rhizomes in your yard!
That’s nice, that you have that association. 🙂
And thank you. 🙂 I’ll need that luck!
Hope everyone is having a good evening! Spent the day napping and reading, Robert Macfarlane :The Old Ways, in Eau des Merveilles Bleu and the wafting scent of a Black Cherry ? candle. It’s been a good day! Off to soak in the tub! ??
Wow. What a wonderful, restful day! Such excellent self-care!
2nd that! Why did I spend my day doing chores?
Like several others have mentioned, we’re in the midst of a heat wave.
SOTD was Eau de Rochas which blooms beautifully in the heat. My favorite Balmain.
Hurt my shoulder recently so typing and texting is a bit of a drag. Not that it stops me.
I hope everyone is staying healthy. It was nice to read comments and catch up.
Hope you feel better soon, Petunia!
I hope your shoulder heals quickly and you are feeling better.
Very sorry to hear about your shoulder; I’ve been there. I hope you are able to get it feeling better soon.
Sorry about your shoulder, hope it heals quickly!
Glad to hear from you Petunia, and I hope that your shoulder is feeling better ASAP.
Hey Petunia. I’m glad you posted and sorry about your shoulder!
SsOTD have been Carthusia 1681 for coffee and home office rearranging (I’m a furniture-rearrangement junkie), and Dryad later for a family birthday bbq. Ribs, steaks, and corn on the cob, roasted in the husk – all absolutely delicious, but the corn was the highlight. Yum.
I’m also really into furniture rearranging- it’s an easy way to get a “new” space
Exactly! I’m dying to make a few more changes, but it involves moving some heavy items from downstairs to up (and vice versa), and I can’t seem to get any enthusiasm for helping me out of Mr. G. I miss the days when I was younger and more fearless. 🙂
1960s Vintage Emeraude PdT. I’m channelling mals86.
You smell wonderful!
Thank you, lillyjo ?. I agree wholeheartedly!! It’s sublime ???????????
Ooh, wow. I always hope I’ll find some of that in an antique shop or estate sale.
It’s sublime. I hope you find it.
Another one I wore in the early 70s that we bought at a drugstore! It didn’t ever feel like me though – not the way Je Reviens and later Inoui made me feel.
Yup! Same here! Easily accessible via drugstore.
You smell fabulous! I miss mals. ?
Me too! ?
Emeraude pdt..little bell rings…yes! Thanks, chocolatemarzipan. I just remembered and found a partial .5 oz splash; and now I want to know this one. It’s been living in a tray, in a drawer, etc.
Woo hoo!! Scent twins!!! Isn’t it gorgeous ?
Wow it is!! Caveat, I did go heavy on the Serge Noire this morning, so Miss E. is having to hold forth on the back of my hand. I will give a full wearing tomorrow. I don’t think Emeraude will be languishing in that drawer anymore 😉
Yay!! I plan on wearing mine quite a bit this summer. I think it blooms beautifully in the heat.
I am trying to imagine Serge Noire layered with Emeraude. I cannot get them to play nicely together!
I’m in Bvlgari Omnia today.
This is how ridiculous life is right now, and how stupid! A patient was transferred to our facility, to our specific unit, before her covid status was resulted. 10 minutes later, the sending facility calls to say “Sorry, positive.”
So now the EMS crew, the ambulance itself, and everyone who was in within 6-10 ft are now exposed/contaminated. We had to transfer her again to a covid unit and OH MY GOD! I’m so over careless people!
Ugh. I’m so sorry. Disorganization can be so much more damaging that poor intent. I hope everyone turns out to be ok.
I’m sorry. Why couldn’t they have waited an extra ten minutes?
I hope you and everyone is ok.
I’m so sorry to hear that. I really hope everyone exposed will be OK.
I’m sorry. Oh my goodness, I hope all involved are ok.
How exasperating!
Deva, I am so sorry to hear this. What a bleeping mess.
I’m so sorry, Deva. The stupidity of others…
What a mucking fess. Should have presumed positive with all the proper precautions although I can also see how that’s not so good either if the patient will be more exposed.
Might be going out for ice cream tonight but no definite plans on what is happening today. Spending the morning in no 19 extrait. I am happy to report that I thanked the bottle. The extrait bottle might not have been big but it was a good feeling. Now it’s off to the shower to figure out which perfume to wear post shower.
I’m wearing Yesterday Haze today. I hope everyone has a great Sunday!
You smell great – I need to wear this again asap, it’s been too long.
SOTD, post-run, is Dune, inspired by comments here earlier in the week. I smell maaahvelous.
Yes, in Dune, you surely do!
Nice! I love Dune!
Hosed myself down in Ombre Indigo this morning, but it’s fading in the heat and humidity, will join sistine in Yesterday’s Haze soon. After three attempts, finally got the coveted black raspberries at the farmer’s market. That’s going to be my supper, along with fresh buns. 🙂
Will be on the road out to the woods tomorrow at sparrow’s fart, so if you don’t hear from me, it means no internet connection or the bears got us. 😉
Sparrow’s fart? I wonder what that smells like
Now, that’s a question from a true perfumista ?
Enjoy the peace and quiet! ? ??
Black raspberries??? I’ve seen the red ones, and golden raspberries, but I don’t think I’ve ever come across black raspberries before. Is it a PNW thing?
Well, I’m in Quebec, not sure if it’s regional or if they grow wherever red raspberries can grow.
We have marionberries in Oregon (the PNW), and they are a cross between raspberries and blackberries, I believe. However, they LOOK like blackberries–dark blue-purple–but have slightly smaller, uh, bubbles? Not sure how to describe that. They’re more delicate looking, like a raspberry, rather than larger and more bulbous like a wild blackberry.
Black raspberries sound delicious; are they different than blackberries?
Yes, they are smaller raspberry-shaped and dark like blackberries, with a unique delicate flavour. Worth seeking out!
Enjoy your camping trip!
It’s a lovely sunny day today and I’m wearing Amyris Femme.
I finished watching Mrs America yesterday- what a fantastic drama!, I wept and I laughed simultaneously, and will miss watching it this evening, I don’t know how long ago it was on in the US, but what a treat, reminded me what a fantastic thing it is to be a woman! so many parallels to today. We are spoilt with good dramas on tv at the moment in the Uk, Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads remakes, filmed during lockdown are sometimes disturbing but all rather wonderful. The A Word and There she goes brilliant depictions of living with difference and disability.
Oh and SOTD is Epic woman, lovely in humidity!
I’ve watched all but the last episode of Mrs. America. I’m waiting for a good time to savor the finale. I loved this mini-series. I did read that Gloria Steinem called it “ridiculous” apparently, there was alot of artistic freedom, lol. It might not have been all true, but it was fun to watch.
SOTD is Reglisse Noire, which is making me pretty happy today.
One of my top five. You smell amazing.
ARGH! What an aggravating day! I will post details later, when I am not so jangled and upset. Need time to calm down. ?
SOTD = AS Saturday EdP again. It’s a great summer perfume for me that is playing well with the heat wave and its humidity. Stay cool and safe, everyone.
Hope the day gets better ?
Me too. Not looking promising, though. ?
There’s been more wedding fallout today.
Eek!!!!
Sending you some calm!
I need a 55-gallon drum of it so I can dunk my whole body into it!
I’m not sure “dunking” is the right verb when it comes to calm. Could be wrong, though. ?
Wishing you a peaceful transition, in any case.
Sorry for the aggro day. Family Zoom yesterday turned into Family Feud. I am hopeful that 2 weeks will fix the issue.
Words cannot describe how grateful I am that my mother has not figured out zoom, Google Meets, or Skype. How would I ever sufficiently mask my expressions on a visual medium?!
It would be hard to hide indeed.
Maybe the hot weather is getting on people’s nerves already?
Nope, it’s because someone has strong opinions and thinks he’s always right.
Sounds like the presumptive wedding guest I posted about yesterday. ?
I’m in Bruno Fazzolari Vetiverissimo and sadly, this is another no for me. There’s a lot of cedar in it at the start and it’s just a little rough. The sandalwood goes to dill pickle on me as well, so…??
One more to test tomorrow: Zdravetz!
I think Cynthia liked this one better than I did. I’ll have to compare it to Lampblack, another vetiver from Bruno.
It’s a lot of fun to have a sniffing partner! Really glad we did this. ?
Woo hoo! I think Bruno was very pleased with the feedback he had received.
I am so late to the party! More than 300 comments … I will savor these later. I am gearing up to take a walk. I’ve decided that even though it is hot out, the humidity is not enough to make it feel like swamp so I will attempt it – fortifying myself with water, a salty and a sweet snack.
SOTD yesterday was Guerlain Soufflé d’Oranger from the fabulously gorgeous bottle:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CCzqnFmByan/?igshid=8dj3fa1deh9m
SOTD today is IUNX Talc – shopping enabler pin to Coumarin! I got this from Alder & Co. It is soooo good! Orris at its finest!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CC1alxNBRbD/?igshid=rf91bx29pjem
I ended up working almost 5 hours yesterday and then another 2 this morning (unexpectedly, as there was no indication yesterday about having to do something today but it all got done).
I had a bunch of other stuff to bring up but they can wait until during the week.
(Oh yes, I will indulge in ice cream after dinner.)
You’re right about the weather… this afternoon wasn’t nearly as horrible as I thought it was going to be. So an afternoon grocery run wasn’t too bad. Just bad enough, alas. I ended up going to 2 different stores and forgot something anyway. ?
LOL. I went minimalist (for me) this weekend and skipped Whole Foods.
Boo to working on your days off!
But yay for ice cream!
I know, right? The privilege of being on a salary means there’s an expectation of not being bound by a start and time, give or take.
This weekend’s SOTDs:
Myrrh and Tonka Cologne Intense (yesterday)
Mure Et Musc (today)
Good lord I am late to the party but hope everyone’s weekend finished on a high note – especially those who had a case of the grumps like me! I didn’t want to post til I had managed to shake off some of the doldrums.
Going to shower soon and put on some Kiehl’s Original to lull myself to bed.