Happy Friday and Happy (Lunar) New Year! (Also, Darwin Day and Lincoln’s birthday, plus RIP Chick Corea.) Our community project for today: welcome the Year of the (Metal) Ox by wearing a fragrance that represents diligence, dependability, loyalty, honesty and hard work.
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
Diligence, dependability, loyalty, honesty and hard work: right away I thought of Prada Infusion d'Iris (not the Absolue, even though I do prefer it — that's too luxurious for the ox.)
Reminder: on 2/19, we're doing the Picture Challenge, edition 6. Wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is The Girl by the Window by Edvard Munch, 1893. More reading here; larger copy of the image here.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2021, where I'll try to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is from Prada's Lunar New Year campaign 2021.
Good morning and Happy FriYAY and Happy Lunar New Year!
For the Friday challenge I went with my dependable, much loved Chanel No 5 Eau Premiere. It always works. It’s one of the very first perfumes I ever bought for myself when I first starting really getting into perfume, and I love it as much today and I did then….
I love it! Good choice
Noice, Noice, Noice (trying to do Andy Sandberg here…)
You smell wonderful. I considered that one for today!
TWINS!
So dependably pretty and elegant!
I wore it yesterday, it is excellent
I am not at all sure that this fits the brief, but I’m in Serge Lutens Santal Blanc, which has always seemed marvellously austere to me, a sort of shoulders-back chest-out spine-straight fragrance. It’s very complex but it has an admirable forthrightness that I love. It’s one of my top-five Lutenses for sure.
My bottle is from 2008, and I see that the scent has been moved to the Eaux de Politesse collection and is variously described as crystalline and aquatic, which could not be further removed from what I have, so clearly it’s been reformulated, possibly even to the point of being an entirely different scent under the same name. Just a warning to anyone who might want to try it.
I tried it in Saks a year or so ago, and the sandalwood went to dill pickle juice on my skin. It was so sad. The bottles in that collection are quite beautiful, though.
That does make me sad. It used to be something momentous and wonderful. This is why it’s so hard to recommend scents nowadays if you have anything that’s more than a few years old: you don’t know what a new bottle might smell like. “Why does he like this so much? It smells like a deli!”
Some talk about a cumin note in it and I think my skin brought it out cos the soft slightly sweet creamy effect was always dominated by a jarring dirty note I couldn’t place…
I almost wore that earlier in the week…will have to wear it this weekend.
…represents diligence, dependability, loyalty, honesty and hard work….
31 Rue Cambon
I always feel like I need to sit up straight, say please and thank you, be the best version of myself when I wear this perfume.
I want to ask if anyone wants to do a sample swap for Bukhara, after reading BdJ review I would like to try. I have some Chanel samples and a other few things for swap.
I wore 31RC earlier this week for the CP, and was startled to find that it seemed Too Much for me. Beautiful, as always, but I felt like it was wearing me.
Shalimar today. Talk about hard working and dependable! I was going to wear Coco, but it’s too romantic. Not to deny the romance of Shalimar but it’s a perfume I wear for myself and often in large amounts, it never fails to make me feel better. Happy Friday everyone! ?
Twins!
My bottle of Philtre de Parfum arrived today as well, so I can’t wait to get that on skin later.
Do tell! I have not received confirmation yet if I will get what I requested.
Twins!
I approve! (Not that it matters 🙂
I wore Shalimar yesterday, and you’ve articulated my rationale much better than I could have.
Happy Lunar New Year!
I am in YSL Paris for roses, roses and more roses! ???
On my second cup of coffee and ready for the next Zoom meeting. It is going to be a very long working day.
Looking forward to the long holiday weekend! Yay!?
Happy Friday, everyone!
Yay, you smell great pl67!
Thank you, Robin! ?
Paris is one of Sophia Grojsman’s supreme achievements, for sure. ALL the roses!
It is such a beautiful classic and it doesn’t get any love anymore amongst perfumistas.
We are TWINS!
Yay! We smell terrific! ??
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Are you sticking with roses this weekend?
?Yes!?
I am not doing the CP, but continuing on with my personal discovery set project. Today it is Gallivant London. It seems very familiar, but I can’t place it.
I haven’t tried this line but was thinking I liked the name. Google defines Gallivant as to ‘go around from one place to another in the pursuit of pleasure or entertainment.’
It then gives this example “she quit her job to go gallivanting around the globe”
Such a brilliant idea for a line of perfumes!
(apologies if everyone else was in on the joke!)
I don’t think I was in on the joke but I do love their perfume!
Good morning!
I haven’t had anything really to report perfume-wise. Sometimes I smell like cocoa butter, and sometimes I smell like other moisturizers, but I haven’t really gotten fine fragrance experimentation in there lately.
The Fresh Deep Hydrating Rose Face Cream has instead become a deep-hydrating hand cream for me on several nights recently. I tried it on my face and it felt a little greasy to me. The skin of my face is apparently not dry that way. Slightly greasy moisturizer on my hands is a good thing, though. And I’ve been using the C.O. Bigelow Rose Salve on my lips now and then, depending whether that or a stick of Chapstick is closer to me.
I don’t think I’ll be going out or experimenting with fragrances today. Old Spice would be what I’d think of for solid and dependable. 🙂 Dad registered it as a floral when I wore it a year or two ago. I thought about whether it would be okay to broaden the “Ox” category to “domesticated bovine” in general. In which case I could go for Demeter Condensed Milk as a bovine product. (lol)
I also thought about trying a fragrance with “cuir” in the name, to give the leather association. 🙂 I’ve gone through many pairs of cowhide leather gardening gloves, and there’s a little bit of a scent I associate with new cowhide gloves.
I don’t think my folks could deal with a leather scent today, though. I’ll pretend that I’m wearing something solid and dependable today, and then maybe figure out a bedtime scent like that. 🙂
Take care!
Leather is such an obvious choice but I had not thought of that! At least you got a ton of ideas once you can wear something.
I thought about wearing Old Spice again today. I wore it yesterday and as always it is so warm and comforting. I suppose dependable is one of it’s defining characteristics.
That’s so funny, Old Spice is what came to my mind too for the CP! It’s such a “nice dad/nice husband” kind of scent.
I’d considered a leather perfume for today, so we were on the same wavelength at one point!
ITA about that Fresh Deep Hydrating Rose Face Cream. I ended up using most of the deluxe sample I had on my hands, too. I usually don’t like scented lotion on my hands, but that worked just fine there.
I rejected a sample size of the fresh Rose cream, too, for its greasiness, and I love that CO Bigelow Rose salve! Body product twins.
I honestly forgot about todays theme, so I’m in Caleche which might actually suit the theme. As with other aldehydic florals of that era, due to reformulations they end up being a bit ‘masculine’.
I think it does fit, good accidental call.
Twins.
I really couldn’t think of any Oxen* related perfumes. I decided to oppose the whole CP,, in honor of Ferdinand**, my favorite bull (a species I suspect is in closely related to oxen*). So I am wearing a fragrance to represent why he loved just being in his field, quietly smelling flowers: Le Temps de Fete. You might say that Ferdinand was anti-hard work, but really aren’t cows supposed to hang out in fields and graze? It was the humans who decided that they should work at bull fighting?
“I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d,
I stand and look at them long and long.
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things,
Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago,
Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth.
So they show their relations to me and I accept them,
They bring me tokens of myself, they evince them plainly in their possession.
I wonder where they get those tokens,
Did I pass that way huge times ago and negligently drop them?
Myself moving forward then and now and forever,
Gathering and showing more always and with velocity,
Infinite and omnigenous, and the like of these among them,
Not too exclusive toward the reachers of my remembrancers,
Picking out here one that I love, and now go with him on brotherly terms.”
From Song of Myself by Walt Whitman.
* Now, it suddenly occurs to me; :’Heurre Blue” in honor of Babe, the Blue Ox, but I’ve already sprayed Le Temps De Fete.
** The hero in Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf-a children’s book about a bull who would rather smell the flowers in his pasture than become the bull in bull fights.
Great connection with Ferdinand, and thanks for the Walt Whitman!
Nice, thanks.
Love Ferdinand the Bull, great idea!!
Beautiful choice on all levels, fragrant as well as literary! I always loved the book about Ferdinand.
I loved the Ferdinand book when I was little! One of my cousins named his son Ferdinand, but I don’t think he was aware of the book. Nice tie-in with your SOTD.
That’s a nice one. You smell beautiful. Any time wearing Le Temps d’Une Fête is a good time.
❤️ your post! Thank you.
Never read the book about Ferdinand, but I remember vividly the Walt Disney cartoon about him.
Feeling old, tired and beat up today, so I’m going to start drinking at 8am – Kilian Angel’s Share. LOL! 🙂
Happy lunar new year!
Oh, sending hugs! I hope you can get some rest and rejuvenation today!
Thank you. I haven’t slept well in 20 years, and now the aches and pains of old age are catching up to me too. But I know you’re going through your own trials, sending hugs back to you!
I feel you, I have sleeping problems since I was a child and menopause does not improve this.
Sleeping was one thing I excelled at, until I hit menopause.
Unfortunately my insomnia troubles started at 35 with perimenopause, and gone downhill since.
Ha ha! It’s never too early for a boozy perfume 😀
It’s 5pm in Paris – pretending I am there having a wonderful time instead of a dreary blursday during an interminable pandemic. 🙂
Hugs! I know, I am right there with you. Some days are difficult. Growing older is not for the faint of heart. I don’t like being wrinkled and scarred and having aches and pains. But I soldier on with friends, yoga and perfume to help out!
That’s the way I feel almost every day. I should also join you now in the “drinking” ?. Sending hugs!
Hugs!
You don’t need to keep a teen age figure or a twenty year old’s skin or a thirty year old’s joint to wear fragrance!
Sending a ? and a wish for comfort.
Getting older sure isn’t for weenies or the faint of heart. Hugs!
Spent quite a bit of time in Deneuve extrait but since I have showered, I am wearing no 19 edp. It’s my invisible armor.
Mine too, and we’re twins today!
Started today in a little Dior Vetiver on the forearms (again) which is admittedly a bit too ‘luxe’ for an ox. I may be more on point now with SMN’s Vetiver on my shoulders. This one is deeper, earthier and more aromatic: it’s not a very popular vetiver but it is definitely one of my favourite.
Great to see it mentioned – it’s one of my favourites, too! In fact, if I haven’t forgotten anything else, it is the only one of my scents for which I have already arrived at my third bottle.
I don’t think I’v liked rosewood in anything else, but it’s just gorgeous in this…
Like cazaubon, I’m feeling somewhat abused this morning and in need of self-indulgence. Our winter storm arrived with quite the vengeance yesterday afternoon, bringing absolutely HOWLING winds along with two or three inches of snow (so far). Consequently, I may or may not have slept, so I’m forgoing CP points in favor of the soothing qualities of Paracelsus.
Sorry about your hideous weather and lack of sleep! Let us take refuge in good perfume.
Ugh. I hope that you get a decent night’s sleep tonight. In the meantime, you smell wonderful! ?
Happy Lunar New Year! I’m in Coco for the weekly project. My mother wore this later in life, and it always makes me think of her: a hardworking NICU nurse who loved her job and her family dearly. Here’s to you, mama, I hope I always find a way to make you proud. ?
Love this – you met the cp and honored your mom, too!
Thanks springpansy, she was pretty special!
That’s lovely, Nancy and you smell amazing!
That’s so touching, Nancy!? You smell wonderful!
What a nice tribute!
Beautiful memory and tribute!
Aww, lovely tribute. 🙂
Beautiful and heartwarming tribute, Nancyleandros! ?
This is the second cold, rainy, and gray day in a row. I wasn’t even thinking when I grabbed my bottle of Hove Plage D’Ete. It smells “sunny and warm” to me. Coconut and citrus, along with some earthiness, which I think is in the base of most Hove scents, if not all of them.
Oh, that sounds nice!
Thunked my sample of L’Attesa for this CP. I had to smash the vial to get to last drops that could not be sprayed anymore… it’s annoying when that happens with samples.
Did you run out of L’Atessa completely or you have a back up?
That was all I had, this one last sample.
Oh no! Any plans to replace it? I know you love it!
I don’t know. It is quite pricey one. Maybe someday.
For the CP I chose Tocca Colette. She was my signature scent in college days pre-rabbit hole, so we’ve been through a lot together…library all-nighters, breakups, ill-advised binge drinking. She still brings a smile to my face. If that’s not loyalty and hard work, I don’t know what is.
🙂
Nice to have a longtime perfume friend…
So true — like an actual BFF. I have Colette in a hair mist format, so pretty. You smell wonderful!
I’m wondering if I had worn scent back then if it would now bring a smile, a scowl or a frozen mask of fright!
I can’t remember if I wore perfume in college or not.
I suspect I had a bottle of Euphoria that I wore on ‘special occasions’. How times have changed!
Shalimar, vintage Edc I got for a song on ebay (“rebottled”). It’s old, not much to look at, bottle wise, but came with the box (also nothing much to look at) and still smells great after what I think must be many decades. Plus – Shalimar!
I expect many twins…. 🙂
Wow..
I am jealous of your SOTD
Sounds wonderful
I think you can find these kinds of things without crazy luck every so often – so there’s hope you’ll find a bottle, too! There’s couple on there now but they are not as great a deal. There is even lots of “regular” vintage Edc out there.
In the afternoon, I switched to Shalimar because of you.
Just fits more of my mood today than Chanel
You smell good! Strangely enough, and despite having showered this morning, when I sniff my left wrist, I’m still catching whiffs of Eau premiere from yesterday! I guess we’re both having a day of giants.
Shalimar Souffle Intense today and feeling overwhelmed a bit.
Greta the kitten had diarrhea last night and needed a bath. 🙁 It was really one loose episode so will see how she does today.
Also waiting for meds to treat a skin condition for Hans the kitten. I got it salmon flavored and have a dream I will mix the liquid into his wet food and he will eat it. ??;)
Good luck to both kittens! My dog was having diarrhea for a couple days last week but it’s cleared up now, thankfully. Sending his vibes to Greta.
Sending healing vibes to your kittens! ??
Good luck with the ??
Good luck with the kitties! As the mom to a dog with a really hairy butt, diarrhea is our nemesis.
Aw, poor kitties! Hope that they are both feeling better soon. And best of luck trying to medicate!
Oh boy. I hope it’s all uphill from here!
Hardworking and dependable plus scents of herbs. And it’s one of my backbone perfumes too, so I wore Aromatics Elixir today.
Great choice!
Oh, that is such a great choice! I love the original scent, and talk about the backbone!
Nice to hear that you are back in a perfume wearing mood!
I am a Water Ox, so I will get my own year in 2033; for the Year of the Metal Ox, I thought of wearing something with a metallic sheen, like Hiram Green’s Lustre, but then I found another perfume in the same box, Dawn Spencer Hurlitz Bancha, and that is just perfect for today. It is a very grounding, calming and honest scent and I used to keep a bottle at work – well, it’s still there, sitting in my empty office as I have been working from home for months now – to keep me focused and calm when I felt really frazzled. It is such a lovely scent, deceptively simple but beautifully done. Since I’m macrobiotic, I have had a lot of twig tea over the years and I love its smell, but this perfume does not smell like twig tea smells, it smells like twig tea feels. One of my most favorite creations by DSH.
Oh my, so sorry I mispelt DSH’s name.. I know it’s Dawn Spencer Hurwitz but my my autocorrect got in the way..
I’d forgotten about Bancha, but I had a sample vial and really liked it. It was very grounding and calming.
What is the relationship or difference between the two oxes?
I’ve never understood the different “extra” for each Lunar year!
I’m in vintage Coco today which is keeping me cozy (Seattle has snow!!) AND meeting the cp in my mind: it feels strong and dependable nd confident with a little spicy glam thrown in. Happy FriYAY everyone!
Twins in Coco!
Coco is all of that… you smell lovely!
I’m a Metal Ox – went with Coco as well! I did a challenging hour-long Bootcamp class this morning and am feeling Strong Like Bull! So I’m feeling that Coco confidence and it hits the spot on this cold day here in NJ!
Nice!
I had planned to wear Hermessence Agar Ebène with its references to strong and durable wood, but couldn’t locate my sample.
In the end I chose Annick Goutal’s Sables instead, given that it conjours up some sort of landscape of arid sun-baked stone that seems as if it will be there, unchanged by the elements, till the end of time – and maybe, if I smell it attentively, there might even some metallic hint in it!
Another house twin!
Feeling a little achy and teary this morning. At 6:30, my oldest headed back to college in Rhode Island–and with the pandemic that just seems a million miles away. His little brother showed me the written instructions he left for me so I could use “Just Dance 2021” without him (the tv, wii, and all the other tech in our playroom is a complete mystery to me!) which made me laugh. Earlier this week, the hubs got a dx that is complicated and scary–and things just feel, well, I don’t know.
Anyway, accidentally or intuitively, I am filling the CP brief in Memo Irish Leather, which definitely relates to diligence, dependability, loyalty, honesty and hard work. Its an elegant, thick woolens out in a icy rain sort of perfume.
Sounds like a heavy day 🙁 Sending good vibes to your hubby.
I’m sorry you’re going through all this, Oakland F! Wishing you much strength and all the best to your hubby.
Sending hugs and peace.
Aw. Adding more hugs. And so sweet that he left you instructions!
But adding more good wishes to your husband as well.
Hugs! Hope the sunny day helps cheer you up.
Another hug sent your way. I hope the Irish Leather helps you through the day.
Sorry for the tough day. My youngest headed back to college 3 weeks ago, nearby, and I still miss having him around. I’m just relieved that he apparently had COVID some time in the fall without symptoms, because we had him take an antibody test when he came home in November. So at least I worry less now about him getting sick. Hugs to you! I hope the rest of your day got more cheery!
Sending you best wishes. That’s a lot to handle at once. That scent sounds perfect.
Sending a ? and good vibes to you and hubby for fortitude til life gets better.
That’s a lot to deal with, sending you fragrant hugs!
Sending you hugs and thoughts of strength and fortitude.
Hugs to you OF!
Happy Friday and Lunar New Year!
In ISM – It’s an ox in terms of dependability and loyalty in my collection and truly a reference iris among iris/orris fragrances.
It also matches the snowy scape outside – beautiful and fleeting.
Finally – ISM reminds me of Northwest artist Morris Graves’s 1955 painting “Minnow” and his powerful words –
“The minnow is that coming-in-to focus of a clue within a concentrated moment of awareness. Silvery minnow-moment, flash-gleaming in the depths, now seen, now gone…when crisis occurs the minnow voluntarily comes into view – to renew faith and give direction.”
Beautiful.
Love the text with the painting – just looked it up!
Happy Friday, everyone! The well-intentioned schedule I set up for myself to post here every day seems to have fallen by the wayside (again), but I’m back, and I’ve missed you all!
I’m playing along with the CP today in Esteban Classic Chypre. Definitely a dependable, loyal, and hard-working fragrance for me. Honest, too – what you see in the name is what you get. This is a fragrance which works all-year-round, is always supportive, but never showy.
It seems that Esteban is not distributed very widely in the U.S. anymore, which is a shame, since they produced quite a few nice frags which were on all the discount sites when I bought this.
I have a few of their incense varieties- they are lovely. Wish they were more ubiquitous here.
Three day weekend is here! So glad, so happy, yay! Hope many of your get to enjoy Monday off as well.
SOTD: Samsara
Pushing through this day with some Schubert in the background, blueberry chamomile tea, and an unusually quiet noontime which I’m so grateful for.
Ahh, Schubert. One of my favorite composers. Hooray for three day weekends!
A desert island perfume for me. And the red bottle was perfect for it.
Happy Friday!
1) Snowy and windy in Portland, OR. I am so deeply grateful for my warm shack at the edge of the city, for the simmering pot of rich chicken stock, for brandy & cream in my coffee.
2) SOTD: Eau Premiere. Reliably lovely, and it was this board that encourage me to give it a try!
3) Thanks to all of you for your kind messages! Migraines can be like a thunderbolt to me, and I just shut down without my meds, and even then, I am slow to get back going!
Hoping that the brandy and cream in your coffee helps you to get back going. ?
Oh it did! Thank you!
Wearing Azemour les Orangers.
Under the scent of oranges, I smell a warm dusty orchard.
There are probably oxen lumbering around somewhere….
I can almost picture it!
I’m going with Kenzo’s Jungle L’Elephant- a strong perfume that goes at it all day!!
Representing a team of oxen, perhaps…
Indeed, a stampeding herd, even!
😀
For the CP: Paco Rabanne Eau de Metal. A blind buy from a thrifting run some time ago. I thought it was a men’s cologne until I got home and did some research. But I never wore it until today. I am sure it’s an older 20ml bottle, and the first (decanted) spritz brought some dusty, slightly off citrus notes that are well known to this vintage perfume fan. But they faded and my much-loved smell of sweet flowers and oakmoss took over. It’s lasting quite well, too. I don’t actually notice anything metallic about it. Happy Friday all; I will have to catch up with comments later.
I don’t think I have ever tried Pacino Rabanne but I bet you smell great!
Doing some early research for a valentine scent.
On one arm: Guerlain Meteorites, the perfume equivalent of one of those drugstore, heart-shaped marshmallow thingies given as grade-school love tokens.
On the other arm: Zara’s’ Sweet Pastry in Paris, with a spritz of AA Limon Verde on top. This would be courtship food from a more sophisticated swain.
mmmmm, those both sound delicious! The Meteorites bottle is one of my favorites. 😉
SotD = Eau des Merveilles!!! 😀 😀 😀
because I am helpless before its charms.
And I’ve got Infusion d’Iris EdT on deck for later today. They play well together.
I’m off on my bike now, heading over to the city library for a contactless book pick up. 🙂
Hope everyone has a year of the Metal Ox that brings happiness.
Of course you would say “Yes!” to Hermes! ?
Nice one!
Happy Lunar New Year ?!
SOTD = Guerlain Eau de Cologne Imperiale
Green, citrus and lemony and lasts for a nano-second (8 sprays = 1 hour). Red bottle! My post on IG, I also included a “red” envelope I got from my La Mer SA as well as a brand new ?❣️
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLM4RbmBVJo/?igshid=8jksmd6fjabc
Woohoo for another 3-day weekend! And boohiss for more snow ❄️!
Lovely photo!
Thanks, pixel!
Great photo!
Thanks, cazaubon!
Gorgeous photo! That envelope is a work of art on its own.
Thanks, jalapeño! The envelope is really nice. There’s a lock sticker on the back that I need to check to see if it matches the one that was handed down to her.
SOTD… what’s that? This afternoon, I am going to haul out my Smell Bent’s and spray them all to find out which ones get to stay on the island. I will be a cacophony of scent.
My cabinet clean-out project continues… it was the liquor cabinet’s turn today. Poured out some old-old stuff. And why did I have two full bottles of sambuca? Huh? And why two bottles of rum, which I confess I’ve looked at warily ever since a certain high school Rum Incident. Which was a loooooooong time ago, but some aversions stick with ya.
Sunny here today; will be rainy tomorrow. We are in an alternating pattern with each sunny day followed by a rainy day. Could be worse, we need the rain. Hope all of you experiencing winter weather stay safe and warm!
Ooh, Sambuca. Brings up memories of a wicked hangover.
I chose Calèche extrait because I wear it most and it has never failed me and I can depend on it as I have an almost life-time supply.
Reading about all the hideous winter weather, I feel positively guilty about our beautiful Saturday morning. However, I can offer some encouragement to the Northern Hemisphere folk – it’s there’s a slight autumn feel creeping in to the early morning already.
I’m repotting some indoor plants this morning, it’s well overdue, but essential now for all the poor plants that the cats have knocked out of their pots 🙂
After that, I’m thinking about a generous trial from my sample of Green Spell, the new Eris. I’ve tried only a dab so far, nice, but it faded very quickly.
I just got a sample of Green Spell too, and was very impressed! I haven’t tested longevity though.
I am most curious about Green Spell!
I shoveled about four inches of snow off the driveway to get ahead of more to come. Now I’m inside getting warm and thinking about lunch. My most dependable, reliable, steadfast perfume, which always smells lovely and is appropriate for any time or occasion is Carner Barcelona D600.
You smell great!
I ❤️ Carner Barcelona D600. I keep forgetting that I do have a BUB of this one.
I had figured I’d end up in Chanel today (wore 31RC and Cuir de Russie earlier in the week, and I have more Chanel than any other house), but reached for Memo Winter Palace, instead. I think it does not really fit the CP but seems appropriate for Lunar New Year in general. Wish I had that beautiful bottle!
Heading to a belated Candlemas bonfire tonight, fueled by our Christmas trees. We will be outdoors the whole time (including for dinner) and observing the local capacity cap of ten. It’s going to be COLD (air temp of 12F and who knows what the wind chill will be), so I cannot imagine that we will hold out very long. But it will be our first social event in three weeks, and the first non-Zoom social event in about five (all non-Zoom events have been outdoors).
Despite the temp, that sounds like a really fun event–have a blast!
My SOTD fragrance for the theme of “dependable, diligent, loyalty, honesty, hard work” was Lutens’ La Religieuse. I really had a hard time thinking of a fragrance to match that theme, the rest of you were so creative! But I had a sample of that one nearby, so when I noticed it, I thought, that will do fine! I know not everyone has positive associations with nuns, but I went to school for two years in Brussels that was run by nuns, when I was a little girl, and they were lovely — very kind and patient with us.
Wearing my oldest and most loyal stand by, Paris YSL. About five sprays of EDP. Most people are olphactorily challenged with masks so I just thought why not. It is wonderful and comforting and I love it just as much as I ever did.
ooooh, I hadn’t thought about how masks mean I can get away with a few extra sprays! hmmm…… 🙂
I’m wearing AG Vanille Exquise for my Favorite Fridays. Of all of my 100ml bottles this one has seen the most love, starting with the early days of being somewhat vanilla obsessed.
House twins today!
We have snow on the ground in Seattle, and it is COLD so I had to go with one of my most dependable comfort scents, Ambra del Nepal by i Profumi di Firenze. It’s basically my perfect amber with cardamom, vanilla, and lightly smoky incense. Enjoying my vacation day though I’m not getting up to much more than sitting around relaxing and getting laundry done.
Oh that perfume sounds lovely. Added to the sample list.
Wearing Jo Malone Lime Basil Mandarin for the CP because it is my most dependable fragrance. Whenever I’m not sure what to wear, this is what I go for.
Drinking Nutcracker Rooibos from Clipper Ship Tea
Hi all! I’m wearing L’Eau de L’Artisan because it’s my dependable standby and I think I wore it more than anything else last year. And maybe the herbal grassy notes represent food for the ox.
I made whole wheat bread yesterday which I’m enjoying today (from this recipe: https://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2019/01/100-whole-wheat-sandwich-bread.html). It’s a workout for the food processor, but overall pretty easy–just takes time because of all the waiting between stages. I discovered that my whole wheat flour had a sell-by date of 2019, but I used it anyway. I live dangerously!
For today’s cp, I’ve taken the concept of the qualities of ‘diligence, dependability, loyalty, honesty and hard work’ as they relate to a fragrance in real time: For the past two weeks, we’ve had intense winter with alternating bouts of bitter temps + snow, back and forth, with no sign of any letup until late next week. What scent has the fortitude to work in this climate? My choice is one that’s a favorite of mine that I save exactly for such days/weeks, Caldwell Massey Pure Frost. Classic simplicity; it doesn’t pretend to be something it’s not. Its clean-lined blue-and-white bottle presents a straightforward and fresh fragrance that beautifully captures the scent of frost and the peace and beauty of new fallen snow yet simultaneously works hard to provide its wearer warmth and comfort from the cold. Notes listed are Casablanca lily, jasmine, vanilla, and bergamot, but there’s a bit of spice in there somewhere that gives it a distinctive twist that lingers during drydown. The soap and accompanying bath products are equally delightful and I’m glad I scooped them up while available.
Wishing everyone a wonderful Valentine’s Day weekend ahead – whether you celebrate it with someone you love, by yourself, or don’t celebrate it at all, I’d like to share a favorite poem of mine that I think especially suits the day. Remember to ❤️ yourself!
https://www.poetrygrrrl.com/veronica-a-shoffstall-after-a-while/
In the always spine-straightening Chanel No. 19.
In some ways, I think my Fiori di Capri would have suited better. It’s just so straightforward and honest.
Really not happy with the haircut I got most recently, I’m just biding my time in letting it grow out before I can have it completely reshaped.
That’s a bummer about your haircut. Bad ones seem to take forever to grow out, too.
You smell good!
Happy Lunar New Year, NST! ???
Hunkered down now, and waiting for the next winter storm which should be coming either in the wee hours of the night, or tomorrow morning. All of my outside-of-the-house errands and tasks have been taken care of earlier today, or they really weren’t pressing.
SOTD = AG Ambre Fetiche EdP. So glad I got the old version of the bottle for this one. I have truly enjoyed wearing this one for the past week. And not had the itch to interrupt my perfume monogamous streak. If that’s not loyalty, diligence and dependability, I don’t know what is. I figure that this and Pacifica’s Spanish Amber are my Top Amber Perfume picks.
I envy your monogamous streaks.
Smart choice and a Happy Lunar New Year to you!
Posting late and in a rush while making roasted tomato, burrata and basil pasta. I promise to come back and read the comments later!
I chose Earth Mother today. Why?
1) Metals come from the Earth.
2) The Earth mothers I know are some of the most solid and dependable people I’ve ever met. As long as you’re a plant.
3) I can depend on it to smell amazing.
as long as your a plant! 😀 LOL
Is that Dame Perfumery Earth Mother? I ❤️ that one, too. I like to wear it in late winter or very early spring, when it’s still cold and the world is not yet green but I know that new life is beginning to stir below us.
Oooh, that pasta sounds yummy!
Great choice and perfect for the CP!
Great choice! And the pasta sounds amazing …
I wore MFK Grand Soir today because it is strong and sturdy, and I can rely on it. Probably too sexy for an ox, but who cares? I know I smell powerful!
It’s cold and gray here and supposed to get colder. That’s unusual for us. I’m hunkering down. I have a big vat of vegetarian soup with kale, beans, and many veggies.
Suddenly this evening I got a text from my hospital group saying I’m eligible to get the vaccine, and I now have an appointment for Feb 24th! I filled out the form to apply lickety-split! This has brightened my day considerably! My attitude otherwise would be kind f bleak because, you know, Valentine’s Day puts a lot of bad pressure on us single people. I almost bought myself roses at the store today but they were ridiculously expensive!
That’s great news about the vaccine!
I think the best part of Valentine’s day is the half off candy on the 15th!
I may make a trip to Target.
Ooh, congrats on being eligible AND getting an appointment. And you smell really nice!
Hey guys. I went with vintage Poison today, because it’s strong as an Ox!
It also goes with my personal theme of wearing what I love. Have a great weekend everyone!?
Woo hoo! And strong as an ox counts!