Tuesday, plus International Students' Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm still digging around in my big bowl of Dawn Spencer Hurwitz samples. Today's pick: Flores Bonitas y Corazones Rotos, from the Frida Kahlo series.
Reminder: on 11/20, for Bo Derek's birthday, wear a perfume that you would rate an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2020, where I'll try (but frequently fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is detail from Richard Alan Schmid - In the Studio via Irina at flickr; public domain.
Keeping with the CP No 19 parfum , a few drops
Also some generous spays of the Poudre
Tartan pants and a sweater
I do love Poudre, you smell lovely!
Is it fleeting on you?
I am also layer it with the Chanel Body oil
Unfortunately, yes – not much longevity on me at all and that’s saying a lot, I have scent-glue skin! I get four hours max.
I can only smell the No 19 parfum after a few hours. The 19 Poudre is just gone..or is it there and I can’t smell it because of the musk maybe?
Lovely.?
thank you <3
Lovetosmellgood – I think it vanished on me quite soon too. A pity because it was the only 19 that really worked for me. Eau Premiere is the only no.5 and it doesn’t have great lasting power but enough to make it a viable purchase.
You smelled gooood today.
Oops, forgot to report my tea — pot of half Mariage Freres Chandernagor, half random black tea sample from Upton.
Tea ?♂️, MF Pleine Lune
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Versace Blonde. Its golden beauty is perfect for this cold grey day (and first snow).
First snow, ouch!!
Hi all, my SOTD is Fendi’s Asja, for a very blustery SF day.
I’ve had my coffee, Sneakers on and I’m headed out the door!
Asja! You have such a wonderful fragrance collection, ST! (I’ll be in Fendi later today.)
Nice! House twins!
I love Asja but don’t wear it nearly as often as I’d like. Enjoy the Fendi! It reminds me of the holidays in a good way.
I got caught in the rain, I’m a (good-smelling) drowned rat! 😀
I’m wearing another Alkemia for autumn, this one is Autumn Fields, with pumpkin and fig (neither of which I can smell).
Oh too bad, pumpkin and fig sounds fun!
Busy week!
West Indian Lime cologne today.
Maybe Portrait of a Lady tomorrow and the rest of the week so I can properly stink up elevators and enclosed spaces.That’ll teach them to socially distance!
LOL!
Happy Tuesday!
XO
hahaha! Perfume as social distance enforcer. I love it.
I’m feeling the cologne vibes today too. It’s gonna be a warm day in this corner of the northern hemisphere.
Nice!Which colognes are on your shortlist?
Colognes are my darlings, I love them so. 🙂
My favorites are
Berdoues – Assam of India, Vanira Moorea, Selva do Brazil
Guerlain – Cologne du 68, Eau de Guerlain, Eau de Cologne Imperiale, Eau de Fleurs de Cedrat, Eau de Cologne du Parfumeur, Eau de Cologne du Coq
4711 – Original, Lavender & Thyme
Roger et Gallet – Lavande Royale
Portrait of a Lady as a force field – excellent idea.
Haha!I stole it in an ironic way from the article in Cosmopolitan that Robin posted.
But spray extra hard! Cuz, you know, masks. 🙂
Of course!
Triple layered,even.???♂️??
POAL is ideal for keeping distance, but you will smell fantastic from afar
Haha!I sure will.
West Lime is always a good idea.
I’ve been loving it in the current heat,so refreshing!
Sounds like a lovely days you have for perfume planned. Ciao!
Ha!!! Good point! Maybe I’ll just spray liberally from now on so people will keep their distance. I had to ask someone to please back up at the grocery store a few days ago. She was much taller than me and hovering right behind me, completely ignoring the dot on the floor showing where she should stand. Ugh!
POAL is gorgeous! I’ve never smelled it “in the wild” where I am at, though.
Good morning Y’all,
Wearing 2 sprays of Valentino Valentina Poudre, and I smell like straight up baby powder…..LOL Not sure it’s what I was aiming for, but it works for the moment. This was my November subscription pick from PurpleLux (FragranceNet)….
Did you ever try the Valentina Myrrh Assoluto? Suddenly remembered that was the one I wanted to try and of course never did.
I haven’t run across that one yet…..to the sniff list it goes! 🙂
I’m 6 hours in and still full on baby powder….LOL
That is a lot of baby powder!
The Poudre is the only one I’ve ever considered buying. I think there is some nice iris and musk there. Perhaps a tinge melancholic though? Also….prettiest bottle. I’ve always wanted to try the oud but never come across it…
For sure powder is the most dominant note though 😀
Jubilation 25
Starts out as a 9…but evolves into an 11 ❤️?
I think that Jub 25 is my favourite Amouage, followed closely by a tie between Gold and Beloved. Wish I had a bottle!
I tried a whole bunch of Amouages (a woman and man sample set) a few years ago.
Jub 25 and Jub XXV are my favourites.
Gold is great as well!
Ik think I wore it last Sunday. Not surprises you like it so much, it’s a fruity chypre after all, just like l’Ame perdue.
Have you tried Thérèse by Malle? It’ s in a similar vein.
Yes
I need to try it more often though, i remember liking it a lot but it was not a love at first sniff.
But its also a scent that i thought was better after a few hours.
Btw, good to hear you enjoy your new hometown!
Its been a while since I moved to another town/city, but I remember the joy if discovering a new neighborhood and surroundings.
Jubilation 25 is a 25, straight-out!
Thank you for all the warm words of support yesterday. I really appreciate that. I always said that perfume people are the best.
I’m in Prada Purple Rain today. It was a busy day at work & we are holding a customer webinar on Thursday.
I just read your post from yesterday,I’m sorry Lucasai!
Sending hugs and condolences.
XO?
I also feel sad for you and your family, Lucasai. I’m sorry.
You do smell wonderful today. I adore Purple Rain.
*hugs* You smell lovely.
Now I can hear Prince singing in my head…
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So sorry to hear about your loss! I hope today was a better day, at least a bit.
I’m so sorry for your loss.
In Serge Lutens 5 O’clock Au Gingembre from the swapmeet (thanks a lot, Springpansy!). Nice and cozy for the gray, cold and busy day here.
Happy Tuesday! ?
My pleasure! And it’s perfect for a cold and busy day.
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We are house twins!
Yay! ?
Hi!
Have just sniffed the new body butter, which is light and fluffy in the container. It might go nice with your perfume. Going to p.o. tomorrow, would you like some? I haven’t used it at all yet, so not contaminated…I will use a sterile scooper!
Driving ?!
Hi Annie, I would love to! Thank you! I will email you later! ?
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Sounds good!
Wait…SL makes body butters? Uh oh.
Smelling great today!
Thank you! ?
You smell divine!!
Thank you! ?
Haie Fleurie is very highly ranked by me as evidenced by the fact that I have four backup bottles of it….
impressive.
OK, exactly how long are you planning to live?
If I live another 47 years and make it to 99 then I might be able to make a dent in my supply……
That’s too funny.
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4 backup bottles?!!! Wow ?
Wow! I need to look this when up then
Nice!Sounds like my back-up stash of Bendelirious.
wow wow wow wow!!!! that’s fabulous 🙂
Loved this one but yeah, good luck finding it these days and if ya do, $.
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Wow! Amazing! Enjoy it!
Wearing countless sprays of Wicked Good which is an 11 or close to for me. 🙂
I have drained a 10 ml spray from a generous NSTer in record time and am down to maybe 2-3 ml.
Was talking yesterday to a good friend of mine who has two uncles quite ill w/ Covid in the Muskegon, MI area. 🙁 My heart goes out to all those with sick loved ones. And big hugs to all those worried and anxious as I am too.
Yeah things are quite bad in MI. I may go back to disinfecting groceries
My SIL who is younger than me had Covid and after a month or so now she still has lingering symptoms. I feel so bad for her and for everyone.
Oh that’s awful. A colleague is doing research on Covid long-haulers – scary stuff
Yes, the long-haul sufferers seem to get ignored in many discussions about achieving so-called “herd immunity.” I have a friend who had it back in March and still has problems with breathing and lack of energy.
Sending hugs back to you.
Hugs to you She-ra.
Perris Monte Carlo Tubereuse Absolue, my very favorite tuberose and the only one I could see myself wearing often (my “11” tuberose). They only sell those giant 100 ml bottles of it, though, so it’s samples only for me for now.
Their Osmanthe Absolue is my favourite osmanthus. Haven’t sprung for a bottle, though as I haven’t found this house discounted anywhere.
Are you listening, PMC? We want smaller, cheaper bottles! Surrender to Chance does carry the Osmanthus, though. I had a decant, but my MIL loved it so much that I gave it to her.
For some reason I thought PMC has small cute travel sprays in certain perfumes ?.
Wearing my 11 for trashy but good. Agent Provocateur – the original.
Oh,so good!I need a fresh bottle!
Another of my beloved cheapies and a 9 at minimum
Haven’t sniffed that one but “trashy but good” sounds right up my ally haha
I’m wearing DSHperfumes Sweet Pine Tar which is very enjoyable, but maybe not an 11, for the category of pine fragrances – doesn’t smell like solvent or cleanser, but does remind me of my dad’s wood shop and then as it dries down, of evergreens outdoors.
No one has yet captured my most favorite smell of all: pine trees in the sun on a warm summer day. So incredible.
Pines on a hot day is a 11
Or maybe even a 12! ;D
I’m wondering if that is the same scent I’m looking for – when you’re in a pine (needle tree) forest, and there is this fairly sweet swell, but you can never figure out where exactly it’s coming from (I’ve smelled bark, the ground, everything….). At any rate, the closest I’ve found to it is Une Nuit a Doha, which I go on about all the time. I’ve tried other tree fragrances (wearing Sequoia right now), but they don’t capture that hot day forest smell.
Yes, I think that’s the smell. It’s sweet, but not candy sweet. It’s so beautiful. I’ll definitely look for a sample of Une Nuit a Doha. Thanks.
AG Nuit Etoilee in the EdT concentration has a very nice sun-warmed pine needle note. The EdP is much more about the immortelle and spices. Those 2 perfumes are not interchangeable!
Oooops, not sure how this got here!
Noted, thanks, must look this up!
I agree that pine on a hot day is an amazing smell – it instantly transports me to childhood summer holidays.
I tried Une Nuit a Doha a long time ago, I’ll get another sample based on this 🙂
I have a mini of DSH Sweet Pine Tar. I have not worn it yet but May shortly!
Have you tried The American Perfumer DSH Colorado?
It was sold out before I got there to try it. Do you think it captures that pines in the sun smell?
So from the almost city slicker here, anything that smells wet (earthy, not aquatic) green / forestry / tingly = pine. It is actually spruce, according to Fragrantica.
ah see, but the Sierra is dry hot scent. So there are several pine notes going around here! Wet pine, dry pine, spring pine, winter pine…. 🙂
Ah, I was so bummed not to get to try that one. Is it as fantastic as it sounds??
Sweet Pine Tar, Colorado or both ??
I meant Colorado, but I could be easily convinced to look up Sweet Pine Tar 🙂
Ha! So I responded to springpansy as follows:
So from the almost city slicker here, anything that smells wet (earthy, not aquatic) green / forestry / tingly = pine. It is actually spruce, according to Fragrantica.
I get that from SL Fille en Aiguilles – pines on a hot summer day.
I get more incense from that one.
Pine trees in the sun is a 15 for me!
Tons of pine trees around my yard, I have to dodge the sap. My curious dog has a little sap mark on the top of her head. Not sticky, it just left it’s mark. Kinda cute.
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SOTD is Sana Jardin Tiger by Her Side. Got a sample from Beauty Habit and sprung for a bottle. I love it. It’s as if Memo Tigers’ Nest calmed down, curled up and purred.
Nice description 🙂
That’s adorable 🙂
Hermes Twilly Eau Poivree
Twilly has one of my favorite bottles ever. 😉
I prefer the flanker to the original Twilly… And you get the cute bottle too 🙂
Next time I’m at a perfume counter I will definitely try the tester of Twilly Poivree. I want to really love the original, but I just love it, not looooove it, if you know what I mean. 😉
Absolutely know what you mean!
I’m in Lubin Kismet – a Shalimar I can wear, although it’s not a favorite
yay, Kismet! I enjoy it too, thanks to you. 🙂
I am glad! It was a very popular split!
You smell great. That is very close to discontinued Shalimar Light imho…citrus, patchouli and vanilla but no dreaded leather…I find leather to be too dominant for my nose somehow…like all I can smell if the perfume has a large amount.
That’s good to know
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/nov/17/scents-of-history-study-hopes-to-recreate-smells-of-old-europe
A story in The Guardian today about a study to recreate the scents of Europe throughout hustory from the time of the plague to modern days.
Wearing Songes. The poor flustered male blackbird that turned up with one fledgling to feed, now has a second fledgling: two balls of feathers demanding “feed me” . I wonder how much longer this goes on for, before the juveniles can feed themselves?
Two demanding feather balls and a flock of blackbirds to fight off!
thanks for the link!
Jiji sent me a link to that project this morning & have not yet had time to read…thanks for posting it!
Wore Lyric this morning and wearing Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Madagascar right now. Going out to a cheap lunch with a friend today. It’s so strange to see snow on the ground.
smelling good!
Lyric is lovely:).
What delicious thing did you eat for lunch?
We just grabbed a quick bite at McDonald’s. Boy, were we disappointed. To find a fast food place that let’s you dine in, it was freezing inside and the food was literally served lukewarm. Called corporate to complain about that. It wasn’t even that busy so have the place that cold and to be serving cold food like that. I really hate complaining but that was beyond ridiculous.
It’s probably to discourage people from dining in but lukewarm food is no good.
Lukewarm McD’s is not good at all.
I’m all spicy and fizzy in Ginger Piccante, thanks to a generous NSTer. Ginger is a favorite note of mine. It’s like I’m wearing some sort of ginger cocktail, called a Ginger Zing, or something. Not boozy, but definitely bubbly!
I find it the opposite of boozy – a sober and understated nod. ? This was actually a favourite of mine for long plane trips – helped me feel together, unobtrusive but sufficiently vigorous ✈️
Maybe it’s one of those cool, non-alcoholic drinks, like Seedlip and ginger ale.
I think the property that I find energizing could be thought of as bubbly or carbonated!
SotD = Assam of India with a twist
the something extra in my tea scent is the drydown of CdG Monocle Hinoki. I wore it for the first time last night. 😀 Love it.
Yesterday a package fom a perfumed angel arrived on my doorstep. Hinoki was in there along with a true treasure trove of perfumed treats.
Perfume people ARE the BEST!
Belated happy birthday to Diana Krall. thank you to Robin for mentioning her yesterday. I love her singing. Alone Again, Feels like Home, and I’m Not in Love are some of songs I can listen to over and over and over again. Check her out if you have a moment. I think Diana will make you smile.
Oh you smell fabulous!
and Diana Krall is a soothing balm on chilly rainy nights!
thanks, Ede!
I have to agree – Diana is absolutely, perfectly sooooothing! 🙂
They mentioned her birthday and played some of her music on KUTX Austin yesterday 🙂
awesome! Diana deserves more recognition. 😉
Hinoki is soooo goood ?
One of the best allrounders in my collection. My husband wears it as well. Great at parties. For job interviews. On the couch. When its hot outside. When it rains. When it freezes….
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perfect all the time! I just put on more Hinoki before taking an evening bike ride around my neighborhood. I like to think I was wafting something nice as a public service. 🙂
You smell great! 🙂
thank you times a million, cazaubon! 🙂
I’m grinning ear to ear today.
You smell amazing.
aw, thanks, Sistine!
I had an aromatic day,
in the nicest possible way. 🙂
Can you describe the Hinoki?
It starts off with a terpenic note, then dries down to a Japanese bath house woody incense scent. Great stuff.
A dab of karma solid on my arms and a spritz of A Sweet Pastry in Paris down my shirt. ASPIP is an 11 out of 10 gourmand.
Karma is a 12!
The solid may be a little more restrained but yeah, like so many Lush-es – Karma is bigger than life 😀
Love so many Lush fragrances. Karma is my favorite. In my top ten of all perfumes.
Avocado Co-Wash and Snow Fairy are both wonderful 15 out of 10 – over the top super sweet gourmands 😀 Lately I’m also loving Pansy and eyeing a bottle. It’s comforting, fresh and herbal and very versatile. I think they are currently out of stock in my city though.
I love Karma as well. I have the small 30mL? Karma from a gift set. I was first introduced to the scent via Karma Cream.
I have actually only ever had the solid that someone brought me before Lush opened in my city. I should maybe try it in a different format too.
Hi all!
SOTD is a dupe of the internet hypebeast, Baccarat 540. The dupe is Ambery Saffron. The dupe was made by an internet brand called Dossier. They include a full bottle and a sample bottle. You use the sample bottle first; if you like it , then you keep the full bottle. If not, you send the bottle back.
Now, I know dupes are not exact, don’t necessarily use the same ingredients or fixatives, but you should get an overall impression of the scent. With all that said, Ambery Saffron is very light, very clean and very fresh.
There is a review on Fragrantica that says that:
“…The more I sniff, the more it reminds me of how I smelled as a child after wash day. An 8 hour long process of shampoo, conditioner, royal crown, pink lotion, creme satin press, a hot comb, and plastic barrettes on the ends of my braids. After all that, this was the smell of me.”
And this is bang on. This dupe of 540 is very reminiscent of the smell of shampoo and Afro hair care products, but with an airy cloud of minerally & smoky vibes. I don’t hate it. It’s rather nice!
I will order the official sample ( I stupidly realized that LuckyScent does this) and compare and contrast. But given the cost of the dupe ($39) I could have bought Philosophy’s Fresh Cream Warm Cashmere, an ambroxan-y, carmelly scent that while does not smell the same, seems to have the same cosy, clean, suede-y, fresh from the salon vibe and better performance.
If you have tried this, what do you think (the real thing OR a dupe?)
I haven’t tried it, but I’m a fool for anything saffron.
You definitely get that hay like vibe with this dupe- it’s very pleasant!
I bought the Oil Perfumery dup of BR 540 and liked it. But I am anosmic to the real thing.
I am thinking that the Oil Perfumery version would be really nice- I like oil perfume roll ons and they seems to last forever on me. Interesting that you are anosmic to the real thing- I will keep that in mind when I get the sample from Lucky Scent.
Cazaubon, I wonder if I am too. I only smelled it once when travelling but didn’t get anything remarkable? Perhaps I was only smelling part of the notes cos this one sure has a huge fan base.
Too soon to say if this is CP-compliant, since it’s first time wearing. YSL Cinema from a mini.
Quick annual check up and flu shot this am. They’re sending referral for my thumb issue.
Meeting a friend for dinner tonight. I think we both prefer eating outside, so I will bundle up. Gonna be chilly. But we are overdue on a catch up.
Send the brother-in-law the beanie I knit for him. He seems to like it, which is nice.
Enjoy your dinner!
Enjoy your dinner! I’m sure your BIL appreciated the beanie!
Handknits are so precious, even more so when gifted to an appreciative recipient. 🙂
Hope that your dinner went well!
Went to fetch Youth Dew Amber Nude this morning after a long time, sprayed my wrist and dislijed it, I used to love it and it doesn’t seem to have gone off but I simply can no longer summon enthusiasm. So I reached for Stendhal Ambre Sublime nearby, probably my favorite amber.
I thought dislijed was a new word then realized it was probably fat-fingered.
? yes it’s a typo, sorry you had to rack your brain.
That’s a pity a love has turned into a dislike.
It is now in purgatory, we’ll see what happens later.
Avoiding work/study in Sequoia, used up one of my decants today. Speaking of international students, I just got offered to teach a bunch of them – but I’ll decline, so my colleagues can take the classes and get to a full time schedule since I’m also a student (it’s very, very hard to teach international students online when they are scattered around the globe). Happy Tuesday! A friend of mine and I are going to try to figure out if your two families can zoom-watch the next episode of GBB together (different continents, different streaming platforms) – the only plus of the pandemic is that we are actually socializing globally sometime, which we would have not done before.
I can hardly get students in my time zone to make it to online meetings, so I imagine the logistics of an international class are crazy-making.
haha! it took me a minutes to get from GBB to Great British Bakeoff. 😉
I hope your zoom watch works out well.
Inspired by Springpansy, I’ll wear SL’s Fille en Aiguilles today. It doesn’t smell anything like pine trees on a hot day, but it does have pine.
You smell amazing! Fille en Aiguilles is an 11 to me. I am considering it for friday. ?
Gaynor, have you tried SL Chypre Rouge? Definite pine, but not sunny. More like walking through a damp pine forest while eating Red Hots.
I get live Christmas trees and incense from Fille en Aiguilles. Smells like midnight Mass to me.
My body butter(s) arrived yesterday. The descriptions are a story, but they don’t always match the fragrance I imagine I will receive. The latest one smells like gingerbread. But, there is definitely more to it. A giant tub of gingerbread ?.
Merlin, if you are listening, thanks for your thoughts yesterday. My cancel came from family. Tore me to shreds for the first few years, but I am very grateful for the people and ? ? in my life. Almost overnight due to a death in the family. I did a lot of soul searching and saw how I could have done things differently. That came after my ‘I’m always right. ‘ period. The door is always open, but I can’t let myself forget.
On a lighter note, I once asked my father to describe me, as he assigned attributes to my other siblings. He said “Happy. You are always happy. ” Do you know how much I love wearing Happy? ???
I should see how that works with gingerbread. ?
Happy Tuesday, all!
AnniePerfumes I’m sorry you went through such a traumatic period. Unless a person acts repeatedly in a malicious/callous manner, or is so systematically misleading that any exposure to them is bound to be detrimental (to ones wellbeing) I don’t think such measures are justified. As much as you missed that member of your family, they too have missed out on having a relationship with you and I suspect that is a big loss on their part – even if they do not think of it this way.
A happy disposition is a GREAT personality trait…and now I’m wanting gingerbread…
Merlin, thank you. I hope they find the peace that I have found. I never thought of it that way.
Gingerbread is delicious!
Wish I could get a whiff of your gingerbread body butter!
A giant tub of gingerbread-scented body butter sounds absolutely perfect for this time of year.
Vintage Miss Dior,, which is an 11 if I want to smell like a no nonsense kind of person. It surely gives me more of a backbone than No19.
Vintage Miss Dior is wonderful. It’s funny how it gives you serious backbone but skanky on me.
Testing the new Kerosene scent, Sweetly Known. It’s quite interesting, as it’s definitely a gourmand, but there is what smells like a resinous pine scent in the background. This is not listed in the notes however: The notes feature cardamom, cocoa, sugar, burnt caramel, vanilla and musk.
Maybe it’s the cardamom? Anyway, it’s not excessively sweet, mostly I get the sugar and I’m guessing cardamom. Cocoa and musk notes are subtle.
Sounds lovely!
Love the name and sounds nice:).
Interesting….
? a lemming now!
WANT.
I’m always game for a cardamom scent!
SOTD = Serge Lutens Fourreau Noir
I have the sleek travel atomizer. The scent and packaging total up to 12 but I am docking 1 point off for the name not being anywhere on the travel spray.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CHs9ZXshGxQ/?igshid=1xdwuquewojnr
You’ll want to see my windup owl ?, just saying…
In other news, everything is settled for the NJ end of things regarding Thanksgiving – food ordered, venue confirmed, just have to pick up the food on the day of. Then ?, and not that we’re changing our plans, our brother implored us not to gather. I am paraphrasing here — “Current COVID spread is predominantly from small gatherings. Every COVID case strains the medical systems.” OK, anything new here? How about mass gatherings – take your pick of protests vs celebrations vs whatever you want to call them, mask or no mask and unlikely socially distant? Will we have the police or monitors knock on doors to do a head check, ID check etc. to see if we’ve violated any rules? WTH?
I only have the wax sample of Fourreau Noir – but it is a GORGEOUS lavender!
I agree!
To add some humour to the holiday chaos: I was listening to Trevor Noah today and he says – (I paraphrase) – the bad news is you can avoid family this thanksgiving – the good news is – you can avoid family this thanksgiving…
Love him!
He forgot the bad news is some of us still have to go ?.
Nah, you can always affect some coronavirus fear – even IF you don’t feel it!
My wish! ?????
Ha! Quite true! Actually, in the before times and before I got cancelled, I would have gone to the canceller’s house for Thanksgiving. But, be that as it may, no gatherings (that large anyway) and she is also under quarantine as one of her students did not disclose that his father was showing symptoms and the kid kept going to school … I don’t know how she eventually found out but the father was COVID+
A father sent his kid in, knowingly? O, boy.
I hope your new Thanksgiving is filled with all of the joy and happiness you bring here, everyday. ?
Supposedly both parents are hourly paid essential workers.
Thanksgiving is giving many of us a lot of stress. Mom’s place is still wrapped up tight and so I can’t go join her there for the nice meal they put on at noon. They just serve everyone now in their own room.I usually make a nice meal here for friends but no one is willing to go eat in someone else’s house right now. I’ll probably still make a nice meal and deliver little packets to my friends. I saw a chart showing the astronomical rise in cases after Thanksgiving in Canada and it was sobering.
Oy. Can you still stop by anyway?
My money is your food is 1,000 times better. I really hope you see your mom.
My mom’s assisted living facility is no longer permitting visitors, either. It’s a tough situation for everyone.
Those feet on that windup owl! So cute!
I’m hoping to get Part 1 of Thanksgiving groceries dealt with tomorrow.
Oh good. I may do all my errands on Saturday and hunker down for a few days. The only thing is that I am supposed to have my car inspected this year in November ? but I am still waiting for my Vehicle Registration card. All paid for but just has not arrived! I’m hoping I would get a sticker saying I’m excused. The car is only 8 years old and barely tops 36000 miles (I need to double check).
You smell great. :-). I consider it a plus that we won’t be having Thanksgiving dinner this year. I’m going to make a lasagna and stay home.
Thanks. I like smaller celebrations myself and low key is the way to go this year. There will only be 6 of us so even that is under the limit of 10 although we are technically from 3 different households.
Sampled PG Coze, officially a lemming lol. That dry down?
Songes d’un bois d’été which is lovely and very inappropriate for this grey autumn day. I still think I like Rose nacrée just a teensy bit better.
You smell wonderful. I prefer Songe to Rose Nacrée though.
I’m in Like This, which to me is an 11. I’m just such a sucker for it.
Thanks to all of you walkers who have inspired me to get away from my laptops and student emails for 30 minutes each school day and get outside and walk. I’m on my second week and it’s making a huge positive difference in my mood and stress level.
Walking has been the only thing keeping me sane since March. Glad you are finding it restorative too!
Such good advice. I finally got out and took Nacho for a couple of walks this weekend and the fresh air helped me soooo much. You smell great.
Getting outside is always a mood booster for me too.(when the weathers nice anyway?)
If I can, I block off 4-5pm so I can walk and login again for another hour or two or … I’m afraid by next week, I either have to block off an earlier time slot or just make sure I am out by 4pm.
I need to do this. Badly.
walking is meditation. 🙂 so good for the body and mind, and much better for me than all the chocolate I would have to eat to feel as good as I do after a long stroll.
Woo! I’m back! I didn’t wear scent for almost two weeks. Just too sick to smell it and also everything was making me sneeze. Finally back at work (on-site, that is- worked from home while sick) and feeling normal. Crazy how sick the common cold can make ya.
Wore OJ Woman yesterday (sooo good), and Canturi today thanks to a NSTer turning me on to it. It’s a great fall scent!
You’re back! Good to see you!? Glad you’re feeling better.
Glad to see you back!
Glad you are better!
welcome back to the land of smelling good, KellyC!
Very happy you are feeling well again.
I’m in a Maya Njie mash up, two parts each Nordic Cedar and Tobak plus one part Vanilj. Of course it’s wonderful and of course I want a bottle of what I just made. ?
Did you order the sampler set?
No, I signed up for a Zoom meeting organized by Arielle Shoshana, and the sample vials came with the price of the meeting. ?
I just bought travel spray “samples”. They are all very very good!
This line really interests me. I may need to order the sample set. (The small one, lol?)
I looked on Arielle Shoshana’s site and can’t find either the Maya Njie sample set or a travel spray set. Is that where you bought yours?
museexperiences dot com out of Harlem. I just looked and the Discovery Set is out of stock but perhaps you can call them and be put on a waiting list. I suppose you can do that at Arielle’s as well.
Tigerlily perfumery carries the sample set also.
Lea.
Long but good day. Time for some green tea with a teaspoon of honey and reading comments.
Happy hump day eve!
Hurray for tea time! ☕
Robin, I’ll have you know that Thursday is World Philosophy Day. Just sayin’! https://www.un.org/en/observances/philosophy-day
I am wearing St. Clair Scents Pharaoh’s Passion today. It’s grown on me but still has this one sour note that puts me off. Our weather is (finally) gorgeous–74 and pure air with no humidity and a robin’s-egg blue sky. I’m sitting on my porch with a glass of white wine and some cats.
That sounds like a perfect evening. I’m taking the Wild One out for a walk before it gets any darker. Enjoy! ?
Thank you, duly noted!
could the sour note be the vetiver? that one goes wonky on me sometimes. 😉
Running late today! It’s been one of *those* days, plus a cold one to boot.
Also, today is Gordon Lightfoot’s 82nd birthday.
No sneezing today! We changed the filter in the HVAC unit. Not sure if we changed it last in March or June (ooops), so it was definitely time. I think that some vacuuming I did may also have helped.
SOTD = Olivier Durbano Rock Crystal EdP, from the sample stash. Egads, this is good stuff.
Is it an 11? I’m glad you stopped sneezing!
It’s at least a 10. It did wonders for calming me down today. Time to pull out more incense perfume!
And I am glad that I am not on Day 2 of sneezing fits! It was starting to hurt at the end of the day…
Happy birthday to Gordon! I love Rock Crystal too. Need to find my bottle.
Third day of Saffron Orris from Korres. This thing is a 10. Really saffron smell, lipstick Iris, dries to Sandalwood, and today patchouli. Rain stopped, but poor Nicaragua getting a second hurricane in 2 weeks time, and a 5 at that.
Started the day in Azemour. Sample was at my desk and it’s very nearly thunked. Then added some LADDM later in the day.
It’s been pouring all day. We desperately need the rain. Hoping this marks the end of fire season for the year.