It's Hump Day and Pink Shirt Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
We're actually expecting the temperature to go over 50...I am celebrating with Aftelier Candide.
Reminder: 2/26 is Levi Strauss Day. Along with Jacob Davis, Strauss invented and patented the riveted blue jean. Do what you like with the theme.
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 Jeans - Cloth/Textile [cropped] by Maria Eklind at flickr; some rights reserved.
Over 40 here, and sun this morning. My ice-stuffed gutters are drip, drip, dripping. You smell jasminey & cheerful, Robin!
L’eau d’Hiver here, seems appropriate for a thaw.
And I can see patches of grass out front again, yay!!
We are have that same weather; mid-high 50’s; my downspouts cast downspout-shaped ice cubes yesterday!
Good morning all, my SOTD will be from yesterday evening – vintage Chanel No. 22 Eau de Cologne. Beautiful white flowers and incense. Such a lovely bed time scent.
Plumbing issues at the new apartment, so no early walk until the plumber is finished.
Oh, and I registered my hubby and myself for the Covid vaccine. It turns out both he and I, because of the industries we work in and our health conditions, are higher up in the tiers than we originally thought. He is an essential worker who had heart surgery last year and I work in education and am immune-compromised. Keeping fingers crossed that we’ll be notified soon, we’ll see. 🙂
Hope your plumbing issues are quickly resolved and you both hear back soon on the vaccine.??
Yes, what She-ra said!
Good luck on the vaccine and the plumbing!
Hope you get vaccinated soon
Thanks! Me too!
Hey twin! Fraternal twin, though — I’m wearing the non-vintage EDT.
You smell fabulous! I’m a little bummed the EdTs were discontinued and EdPs in their place.
I actually like the (more) current EdT of No. 22, it’s fizzy, joyful and quite lyrical. I also adore the vintage; meditative and quiet – the arrangement of white flowers over a delicate incense base is heart breakingly beautiful and ethereal.
Yay for the vaccine, boo for the plumbing!!
Well, our plumber and his assistant seemed pretty nice, got the work done quickly. He was fine with letting Smokey run around while he was doing the repairs (he likes cats) until he saw how big SmokeyToes is….
Oh good.
What Robin said!
No. 22! So beautiful — you smell great! Glad to hear you and your husband have moved up in the vaccine ranks, too.
Sounds like your plumbing issues were easily resolved once the plumber got there.
Good morning Y’all,
Running late per usual, so a quick spritz of Guess 1981 Indigo is my SOTD…Has a wine note in it that’s actually pretty nice!
Good pick for this week’s CP 😉
Serge Lutens Feminité du Bois. I know the name was meant to reassure women that a wood-heavy scent didn’t have to be masculine, but jeez, it really is butch, all that cedar — there are other things but they get lost among all the wood, like a corsage in a pencil factory. It’s so great.
A corsage in a pencil factory! Love it!
Second – I could go for a perfume like that :D!
This simile is giving me life! What an image ?
“like a corsage in a pencil factory”…♥️♥️♥️
Oh how I adore Feminité du Bois. I get a little plum, bees wax and dusty spices from the Shiseido version.
But you’re right, it is decidedly pencil shavings at first. I remember seeing the ladies who lunch crowd shopping at Dillard’s (EL’s Beautiful was the top seller), sniff the Feminité du Bois – the looks on their faces was priceless……
There are absolutely other elements, some of that stewed fruit that made it into all the Lutenses for years and years, but mostly for me it’s a big wallop of cedar, done exactly right — I had a little bottle of Atlas cedar oil that didn’t smell as much like freshly sawn cedarwood as this stuff does.
Oh dear, I’ve been up since 4:30 and I just realized that I’ve been unconsciously thinking it’s Friday all morning. Time to recalibrate…
I’m in Chanel No. 22 largely because it was front-and-center in my perfume cabinet (okay, closet) and I couldn’t really remember what it smelled like or why I’d indulged in such a large decant a while back. Waiting for the aldehydes to calm down so that I can properly smell what’s in there.
Ugh, so sorry you were up so early!
Four different fragrances. Started the Day in Rose Nacree dus Dessert. Then my Indemodables samples arrived and I couldn’t quite contain myself. So have since added the fougere, Cuir de Chine and Vanille Havane. I’m very happy ???
Les Indemodables is a fun line…not sure if I will get any FBs but well done in this age of poser niche houses. 😉
I’ve only tried three, but most people seem to really enjoy Them.
I literally just ordered a FB of Vanille Havane last night!
It’s a stunning vanilla
Yay! Vanille Havane was my only FB of the set. Great stuff.
Whoa.. that’s a lot of scent! haha
Yes ?
The more the merrier! I love sampling multiple things at once 😀
So do I, esp now where I am not bothering anyone
I can’t hear your guys! Must not order these samples that everyone is talking about!
I have managed to resist so far, helped by the fact that it was sold out so many times! It’s available now though. ?
They are good
Thank goodness! I don’t know what was going on and what prevented me from accessing NST yesterday and today until a while ago but hopefully the problem is now solved.
Well… Happy Birthday to me! Turning 31 today. Last 12 months were challenging to me, mostly due to covid, but there were many good changes too – like losing over 20 kgs of weight. Today I can celebrate and hope that the future holds a lot of good things for me and less covid misery for the world.
In case anyone wanted to see this birthday boy, here I am:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLqwhq-h_aE/
Wearing my Prada Amber Pour Homme for this special day 🙂
Happy birthday ?
Happy Birthday Lucasai! You look and smell great! I just know you have a world of good coming to you! Congratulations on the weight loss!?
Happy Birthday Lucas! The best to you always! I hope you have a very lovely and enjoyable day! ?????.
Do you always wear Prada Amber Pour Homme as your birthday scent or you wear something different every year?
Happy birthday!
Guess I said that too early and my devices don’t want to let me in again…
I don’t know what’s causing the problem
Happy Birthday! You inspire me with your fragrance choices each day and today I will join you in Prada Amber Pour Homme to celebrate you and Prada fragrances.
Happy birthday!!! Hope you have a wonderful year and congrats on the weight loss!?
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday to you!! Have an amazing, fabulous day!
Your 20 lbs found their way to me, I think. 😯
Happy birthday and great scent choice (I wear it too, sometimes)!
Happy Birthday. The thirties are a great decade to be.
Good for you with the 20lbs!
Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday! Smelling and looking good!
Woo hoo! Happy birthday!??
Happy birthday and congrats on that weight loss!
Very happy birthday, Lucasai! Like that photo of you!
To be 31 again… (sigh). Hope it is a year filled with many unexpected good surprises!
Many happy returns.
Happy birthday!!
Happy birthday Lucas!!
Just sent you another email with suggestions, but I have no idea what is wrong, and I did just check — 31 people from Poland were on the site yesterday. It does appear to be just you, very sorry!
Happy birthday!!
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, and that’s a lot of kilos (it’s more like 44lbs, US friends). Enjoy your evening!
Happy birthday, Lucasai! Wishing you a wonderful 31st year!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday! Enjoy your L’Ivrée Bleue! And congrats on 20kgs, that’s impressive!
Happy birthday! I hope this year is way better than last year!
Happy Scented Birthday lucasai! ????
Are you by chance using a VPN on any of your devices? If so, that could be part of the problem you are having with NST.
Happy Birthday, Lucasai! Enjoy your new bottle.
Happy birthday! Wow, 20 kg many congratulations! Working in this field I see that most people has gained weight during covid as so much more sedentary so well done. I myself have developed back ache and arm paresthesia from using my phone too much ?
Happiest of Birthdays to you, and many more….you look and smell great!!
Happy Birthday, and hooray for improving health through balanced diet and weight! Also, I like that you found a special fragrance that you have loved all through your perfume hobby.
Happy birthday, Lucas! All the best to you on your special day. ? ?
Thank you all for your kind wishes!!
I’ve got on a cozy dark pink sweater today and it inspired me to wear Nahema – I’d forgotten how glorious this perfume is. Good thing I’m alone and working from home these days because it’s not subtle!
You smell fabulous and I need to find a pink sweater in the right shade; as I have gotten older, the shades of pink I used to wear are not as flattering. But it is still one of my favorite colors
hump day
Box of eels edt for what feels like a spring day in L.A.
You smell great. I feel like we missed winter in southern CA this year…and sadly any rain too.
yes, I remember and miss the big Pacific storms.
You smell great! Once my decant is gone, I’ll have to look into replenishing, perhaps with a FB.
Looking forward to getting to know “Box of Eels” from my recent wonder sample gifts by a *certain* NST’er. This week is booked, though…lol.
Smelling like elegant iris and dirt today in Le Labo Iris 39. This one just keeps calling out to me to wear it.
I’m also very much hoping to fit in a walk in the sunshine after work today. Melt that snow, sun!
You smell so elegant! Iris 39 took a while for me to love but boy I fell hard when it ‘clicked’.
Thank you! I had only ever sniffed the card in Nordstrom’s before recently, and ever time it just smelled odd. I finally got a sample, and it’s dwindling fast!
It is so gorgeous. But I save it for cooler weather. Seeing as we now live where we get “summer” weather, I might give it a spin in July or August.
It was my first Le Labo and I still love it!
My only full bottle is the Jasmine. Nothing beats it for pure prettiness.
Wearing Diorissimo, one of my favorite spring scents! ??.
Over 50 here today! I feel like celebrating! ?. I will grab an iced coffee on my way out to a long walk in the park at lunch time.
Planning to finish my taxes tonight and hopefully I will mail them out tomorrow. What a task!
Happy Wednesday! ?
I love iced coffee and always order it vs. regular when out. I like coffee on the hotter side which, of course, is tough to always get/maintain from coffee shops/cafes but they can’t mess up iced. 😉 And yay for finishing your taxes!
I only drink iced coffee. Unfortunately, hot or warm coffee makes my stomach very upset, no matter the type of coffee I drink.
I am glad I am done with taxes. One less thing to worry about! ?
I do love iced coffee…. I recently tried Vietnamese Coffee. Wow. 😯 I was radioactive after that!
I love iced coffee too! I am a crazy coffee lover and I am not surprised you were radioactive after having Vietnamese coffee. Perfect when you need to be awake the whole day! ?
Iced coffee sounds delicious!
I may copy you in a bit.
I hope you indulged on some nice iced coffee. I really enjoyed mine!
Yay for being done with taxes, you deserve an iced coffee treat for sure!
I am glad I finished them early this year. I feel relieved now!
I love Diorissimo too — you smell great!
Thank you! ?
Great choice with Diorissimo. And congratulations on finishing your taxes; that is certainly a reason to celebrate!
Thank you, Gail!
Hi Five for getting those taxes done, PL67 – it is a gritty job.
Thank you! I was very committed this year not to wait until the last minute. It feels really good! ?
Wow, congrats on getting your taxes done! Pretty sure we (meaning Mr. Jalapeno, who actually does the deed) won’t be filing until April.
Good luck with your taxes! Such a headache every year!
Good morning all! I’m in Lime Basil& Mandarin plus Red Roses. This is a recommended layering, but I like Lime Basil on its own better.
I thunked some things over the last couple of weeks! LL Labdanum 18 rollerball, Fresh Cream Soft Suede 15ml mini and Byredo Bibliotheque candle. I was really hoarding that candle. It was probably 7-8 years old.
Roller balls are really hard to thunk! How long did it take?
Well, it was a 7.5ml, so smaller than most, and I only wore it as a bedtime scent. Best guess is a year…? I forgot about it for awhile, but used it when I put it front and center on the nightstand. Next up: Jessica Simpson Fancy Nights travel spray. ?
I showered with LB & M from JM this morning, so sort of scents twins
Well, I think that’s enough to call twins! ?
When Iv tried layering Jo Malone’s it’s just resulted in a muddle ??♀️
Yep.. I don’t really see the layering either. The scents are fairly different from each other and not that complementary. With the exception of the sea salt one? That’s mostly a marketing trick I think ?
I layer occasionally, but hardly ever for JM. I only layered today because the carded sample listed suggestions. ?♀️
House twins! I’m in Pomegranate Noir and Mimosa & Cardamom, but on separate wrists, not layered, as I work my way through all of my samples. They are both nice, but I don’t find either exciting. I understand why some people love pomegranate noir, but I find that I don’t like lots of red fruit in my frags. (Which of course is contradicted by love of Pulp, but that is an EXCITING frag). Even for Christmas scents, I much prefer orange & clove or evergreens over pomegranates or cranberries.
It is finally warmish here and melting the snow off my roof. A giant chunk whooshed off in front of my window while I was on a Zoom and I jumped from surprise. I must have looked like I a saw a ghost!
Celebrating with a pot of 2nd flush darjeeling from Clipper Ship.
Hey, I forget about layering on separate spots! I had Mimosa & Cardamom and swapped it away, then experienced swap regret. I have a couple of samples; I’m sure that will be enough.
I’m glad it’s warming up for you! I don’t think I’ll ever be enthralled with snow again. ?
That’s understandable. We got enough of it in NJ for it to be an annoying nuisance that I will complain about, but you guys suffered a full-on snow assault — orders of magnitude more disruptive — so, yeah, you’re being less than enthralled with snow is understandable. Generous, even. Hope things are getting back to normal.
Congrats on all those thunks! Well done!
Thank you! It’s so satisfying, even for a little bitty bottle.
Good morning everyone!
It’s above freezing AND temporarily sunny – started the morning with a double dose of spring to channel this unexpected bounty! SotD started with Ostara but I find it a very gentle scent, and wanted some more oomph to power me up, so I added some Song of Aubrac overtop.
Oatmeal and coffee consumed, and then many many many hours of Zoom await me although the first, thankfully, is a stretching class.
Ha! Ostara on me always feels like too much – hence it went into the swap pile. You smell lovely!
Good idea for a combination — I love Ostara and just got a sample of Song of Aubrac, so I’ll have to try that.
I have my somewhat recently aquired Ostara sitting out, waiting for the right day to spritz away. It is a triple header for me: I love the box, the bottle and the juice!
Lashings of Mrs Gloss Lemon Sherbet today.
Thanks for all the lovely comments of support yesterday.?
Yesterday my daughter’s school district announced they will reopen schools for in person in some capacity on April 12th!? She has been virtual the past year.
The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind,
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind??
April 12th sounds better than throw in the towel for this school year, but…
What has the school district mentioned that still has to be done? It’s not like the pandemic and what to do has been a secret ??♀️
Agreed. I am not sure what all the 6 week window (or so) is for. They say something about implementing protocols in the email. They also have their normal two week spring break in March which will still go on as planned too. 😉
I really love the word sherbet and the actual dessert. Those colors!
Yay for school reopening!
Made a couple phone calls that needed to be made, ordered a pair of shoes that are needed and now getting ready for work. Wore Deneuve earlier and now in no 5 Eau Premiere.
Did you resolve your medication issue?
Not yet. Made a couple phone calls and left messages.
You smell great and very elegant with those two! I hope the medication gets resolved soon.
Wearing Shalimar today. I tried Jicky EDT last night and found it really good, so a bottle of that may be in my future. It’s not as skanky/interesting as the EDP but arguably its a lot more wearable.
I really love Jicky EDT, and sometimes I just have to wear it at bedtime.
When I think of Levi jeans I think of San Francisco. As an ode to the Bay Area I am doing a week of Henry Rose scents.
SOTD Henry Rose pick: Last Light
Opening Peach & Bergamot, florals, musk and patchouli.
Thrift: beige skirt miu mix black top and tights
Peach!
Skirt! What is that?! :)))
I tried to find a photo of the one I am wearing, but its thrift so its ancient maybe..
😉
By coincidence, I am actually wearing a pink shirt.
I am also wearing Bella Freud’s Ginsberg is God, in honor of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the great poet of the west and promoter of other poets, including Alan Ginsberg.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s death was announced yesterday. I imagine his soul has just been reincarnated as newly sprouting redwood.
I saw that — boy did he live a good long life, 101!
Showered in Satsuma shower gel and followed up with Chamade EdT. Windows open, sunshine and pleasantly crisp air.
Waiting for a call back from a car dealer in Green Bay. Hoping to do a long-distance purchase to pick up. Between pricing and taxes, it makes more sense than buying here. If we can pull it off.
What model car have you decided to get?
Forester. I drive it, liked it, but would need to get used to being higher. That won’t take long.
Oh, nice! Foresters are great cars. Dad had one of those and an Imprezia, they were such durable cars.
Being higher is an adjustment, but it’s nice to be a little elevated, especially on the freeway. Congrats on the new car!
Hermessence Muguet Porcelain
Barqs, does your version have the melon accord? I have a 2015 bottle and once to ToTV notes fade, melon becomes too assertive.
I don’t think so. But maybe I am not picking up on the melon note. I just purchased my small bottle two weeks ago, if that helps.
Ahhh, one of my favorites! You smell lovely!
Thanks !
So getting outdoors early today! I should have gone with more of a happy, spring-like scent but instead, grabbed Black Cashmere. I wonder what Mandarine Basilic layered over this would smell like.
The streets of NYC are looking very pre-Covid with many more peeps, noise, and lots of activity. Good to see!
My small town is never that busy, but more people out and about here too! And I took a good long walk for the first time in ages. In a sweater and sunglasses — made me very happy.
Yay for good long walks!
Hi all!
I’ve been working on a post on my Instagram for Naja so I put it on today. So far I’ve only managed to write, “OMG!!!! ????”
Debating on a new casual coat, as my old windbreaker got a huge tear when I want looking. Oh course now it’s in the 70s so it may be another 9 months before I can wear it….
Stay safe everyone!
I love the OMG ???
love it! Do you share your post if you are so inclined
SOTD = Chris Rusak Beast Mode
Hard to describe and my nose currently smells pepper and flecks of vanilla ?
https://www.instagram.com/p/CLrplInBToa/?igshid=1mmymbowvebfy
In other news, my Apple Watch says sunny and high of 55F! I was right in letting the warmth melt the snow!
Tempted to get a decant just for the name.
55! Break out the shorts!
It was crazy warm in the Midwest today, too!!
I still have the heat on, despite our crazy warm temps today! It’s gonna get chilly tonight.
I’m in 4 spritzes of HdP 1969, from a generous NSTer, and am walking around in a cloud of bright, spicy goodness. As it happens, I am wearing a pink shirt!
Shirt twins 🙂
Margiela Untitled for another sunny day. Would go well with jeans and a shirt.
Did some sewing today and nearly finished a dress for spring. And of course another walk with the boyfriend. I was a bit faster today, so hopefully I can start working next week.
It sounds as if you’re feeling better, good for you! I’m glad you got some sunshine and a walk.
So glad you are doing better!
An organic shop opened in my neighborhood some time ago and the have delicious bread, this time I got the light rye bread and have been making toast with French butter and English marmalade and it was delicious but that’s it for dinner, it was really filling.
It was 17C today and I’m in Annick Goutal Heure Exquise for its spring-like quality. I still prefer No 19 to be honest.
Oh, thanks for the inspiration – must wear Heure again this week!
Yay, you will smell divine, I had forgotten how lovely the drydown is, feel I was unfair.
I have a craving for this perfume too now! Where was my sample? 🙂
?Hope you can locate it
Leaning into the themes, picked blue jeans and a pink sweater for today. Perfumed myself by picking through the sample pile today – got L’Instant de Geurlain, which is coincidentally on theme as easy and casual – but kind of cloying. Not a fan.
Anyone smelled LPRN Black Perfecto Florale? Fragrancenet has it and the first Black Perfecto for basically free. I know I shouldn’t buy anything since I’m moving soon, but I’m thinking about it…
That’s the one I have, it smells great and to me indistinguishable from the original, but I get so confused by all these flankers don’t buy on my say-so.
A quick check in and I’ll read comments later. Captured in Amber again today bcs I don’t have anything else with me. I love it but can’t wait to get home and put on something else! Day after vaccine shot 2 – very sore arms and my mom has been asleep since she got out of bed this morning lol. Nothing worse tho. ??
That’s good news! Hooray on your second shots.
Oh good. My mom had very little reaction to the 2nd shot as well.
I’m glad to hear that the weather is improving for so many, it’s been terrible.
We’re finally getting some more settled warm weather as summer draws to a close, but I’m not experiencing much of it. Work is so busy I rarely get out for a breath of fresh air during the day. At least it’s a pleasant walk to and from the office.
I’ve chosen summer favourite Le Temps d’Une Fête for today.
What a shame you are so busy! But that must be nice to be able to walk to work every day.
I’m in 24, Faubourg today. We’ve had some sunshine peeking through the clouds, but mostly it feels rather chilly. I have to go look at decking samples today – getting ready to hire someone to re-do our back deck (it’s falling to pieces rapidly, and the snow/ice we had recently did NOT do it any favors) and need to know what to tell them to order (they not being mind-readers and all that).
Good luck with your deck project! ??
It was much cooler today and I actually went out for an appointment so I wore an ‘adult scent’, Violaceum. This is probably my best blind buy (found it well discounted). I like the name because it makes me think of lacy violence in violet, or something!
Question: is the aging of a perfume accelerated once one opens it – or spritzes it – for the first time? Would hoarding it until once finishes something else preserve it for longer?
that is a good question! I have no answer
Hoarding perfume..hmm..
I tend to feel it’s all ok if they are open – that it’s not really hoarding then… ? but…given the answer below…
Yes, the more air that enters the bottle when it’s sprayed, the quicker it oxidizes. Especially when bottles get below 50%, you should use it up quickly.
I have a feeling I knew this but managed to suppress it ? Though, my mom had some Parfum – I think it was Joy. Sealed for at least 4 decades… We opened it and it hardly had any scent. A gorgeously rounded floral hangover is all we could make out.
I have not been doing this for long and do worry about my perfumes going off so keep the bottles boxed in a cupboard. But then look at buyers of Shalimar bottles that have aged for 50 years and feel slightly more reassured… I wonder if some perfumes take time better than others?
Do you have very aged perfume that is still ok or some that has really gone off?
I have a now-vintage bottle of Ivoire de Balmain that I brought back in the late 1980’s. It still smells great to me. I’ve kept in inside its box and away from light and heat for all these years.
Definitely some perfumes are more stable than others. All the ones I’ve had go off were modern perfumes, purchased in the last 20-25 years.
I’ve been wearing perfume for my whole life and have had maybe 2 bottles go off. I keep them on a shelf, out of sunlight. I have had more decants go off in short time or evaporate. I did have a original Ma Griffe that was in perfect condition until I broke the seal. It evaporated very quickly, but smelled fabulous. Also, a few years ago during a heatwave, I threw a bottle out because of association. 3 days of outside heat later, I changed my mind and retrieved it. It was fine! Lol.
Love your story of the heatwave perfume! It’s a hardy scent!
Lovely and sunny here, and wearing a pink vest that just arrived (I was lusting after a particular Patagonia colorway called “Century Pink”).
I watched that perfume documentary last night (“Nose”) – spent the $6 and all. Here’s my review, if you’re curious: It is very pretty, lots of shots of flowers being harvested and some glamour shots, too. Some interesting info (mostly related to the flowers being processed). Not a lot about the actual scent creation at all – it really stays in the fields/distillation site. But for $6, I give it two nostrils up and my husband was not totally bored watching either. Super annoying: the subtitles cover the titles, so every time you see a new person, you don’t really learn who that is. And the titles (not the subtitles) are white and mostly tiny on a mostly pale screen – perhaps legible in the movie theater, but not on a home TV.
Must see TV? Nope? Beautiful and overall somewhat interesting? Yup.
I looked up this “century pink” color and it’s so pretty! Almost like a rose gold, or bronzey pink. Thanks for the review of the Nose. I think I’ll pass for now, waiting for it to be available for free, if that ever happens!
Yes, it’s brick-y, if that makes sense. Lovely. But now I need more neutral colored tops to wear with it!!
Thanks for the review! I was thinking about it but I’ll wait till it’s free ad well. ?
Persolaise just reviewed it on his blog, basically it’s a Dior puff-piece ad, very little actual information about the perfumery industry.
There is a perfumery documentary in YouTube I watched a few years back, if I remember correctly that one was featuring (publicising) Guerlain!
I’m wearing Lys Carmin today, as there is a lone daffodil blooming in the back yard. Spring must be coming!
A daffodil, how exciting!!
Every year I see it, and I think, “Who plants only one daffodil?” It wasn’t me.
maybe a squirrel planted it for you? 😀
I’m in Vetiver Oriental since it was quite cool this morning. But it’s since gotten much warmer and very sunny.
Our high reached 78 degrees yesterday, which resulted in a sweaty walk for me in the afternoon. I know everyone is awaiting spring, but I’m already fearing a sweaty, smoky summer!
Same here, tulipani. I live in the desert, and the summers here are dreadfully hot.
78 degrees F in February?? Wow!
I know, it doesn’t feel right, even for northern CA!
I’m off today, but feeling a little down/overwhelmed. I’ve done some laundry but have spent way to much time watching old stand up comedy bits. Now I have to run some errands.
Sotd is TF Violet Blonde.
Big hugs to you, lillyjo…hope your day improves and you feel better.♥️
Thanks She-ra!
Hope you will feel better once outside, even if the errands are not exciting. Maybe get something extra-delicious ? to eat.
You smell very elegant.
Thanks Aurora! I found a Dove chocolate almond bar at the pharmacy. It was delicious!
You smell great! I was feeling really down yesterday, but better today. Hope you feel better tomorrow!
Thanks! Tomorrow should be better. I’m just having one of those days.
Hope your day tomorrow is better, Lillyjo! Sending sunny, cheerful vibes your way! ????
Thank you friend!???
Sorry to hear that you were feeling down today. Hoping that you have the sun for a few more days, that ought to do something for good vibes!
Just a little COVID vaccine info. In my state, most of us have signed up in three different portals. Let’s be frank, states do not have the software existing to implement a vaccine effort of this size efficiently. Enter CDC VAMS. I received an email to sign up for yet another portal. I was not going to but after cursing and eye rolling, I did and yes, today, not even a week later, I received my first vaccine! So if you receive an email from this system, do it and skip the insurance page, it is not required! I was in and out in an hour and a half, 15 minutes was waiting to make sure you did not have any adverse side effects. I wore Chris Rusak Relief today, it was an accurate and enjoyable reflection of mood!
Yay for portals and technology…even though they are annoying, sometimes the outcomes are great! Congrats on your vaccine! 🙂
Hurray!
Thats great! Congratulations.
Thanks for the heads up!
I took a half-day off today; weather is warm and sunny, and I got some garden work done. I have two new raised beds for vegetables and the wood needed to be treated with some preservative, so I got that done. Waring Nirvana Amethyst today, it works well on a day like today, which is spring-like but not yet really spring.
Oh how nice! We keep talking about doing raised beds but we never get around to it.
Amethyst is so good! You smell(ed) beautiful today. 😀
Another beautiful sunny day in SoCal. Wearing the springy Kilian Forbidden Games. Like She-ra, I slightly lament the lack of any real winter here this year, it hasn’t really been cold enough to wear my heavy hitters. But I will be back in Canada April 10th where winter will not yet be over, so I’ll get another chance! 🙂
“Slightly” being the operative word 😉
Every time you head up north,
a little bit of my heart wants to follow. 🙂
I loved visiting Montreal.
I had already chosen a pink shirt this morning before seeing this, so I’m participating in Pink Shirt Day. Also, on Wednesdays we wear pink: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/mean-girls-wednesdays-we-wear-pink
Today’s pink shirt: https://www.nooworks.com/collections/womens-tees/products/turtleneck-long-cat-pink
And SOTD is the last of one of my small decants of En Voyage Zelda. I love this stuff and definitely plan to buy a bottle once ny remaining decant is finished.
Oh, and today my boyfriend and I have our 15th anniversary! We both kind of forgot until yesterday do there are no big plans, but we’d like to get fancy dinner take out this weekend. And I think I’ll pick up a special dessert at the grocery after work.
Happy Anniversary! Report back on the special dessert. I vote for chocolate! Lol.
Heh I bought three desserts so he/we would have a variety to choose from. I got a Sara Lee strawberry cheesecake because I haven’t had one in forever, a pint of Ben & Jerry’s Peanut Butter Cup, and a small lemon tart from the bakery. We decided to eat the lemon tart tonight since it’s fresh.
Yum, you picked a good variety!
Happy Anniversary!
Thank you!
Happy anniversary to you and your sweetheart!
Thanks, Nancy!
Hi everyone! I’m wearing Pacifica Tahitian Gardenia today because it feels like spring may be on its way after all. We might still get some more snow and cold in the next few weeks, but it won’t last as long. I finally took my car out to go grocery shopping today, after not driving it for almost two weeks–I was hoping the weather would warm up and melt the mountain of snow it was under so I wouldn’t have to dig it out, and it finally did!
That one was really nice in the body butter!
Ooh, thanks for the tip!
Like Tahitian Gardenia in warm weather too! That one and the fig scent are my favourites from Pacifica.
More melting happening today, plus a lot of yesterday’s puddles have disappeared! And plenty of bright sunshine to boot! I think the high temp today was 57 or 58 degrees F today, which is well above average. ???
Do I even have any pink shirts? I like the color, but might be missing it in my wardrobe.
SOTD = back in Apres l’Ondee EdT again. It suits this weather perfectly.
It was in the low forties here today, but I will take it! I don’t own anything pink either.
Glad to hear you had nice weather on your day off! ?
I don’t own anything pink (maybe some sexy underwear…), I have never been a pink girl, just give me greens and blues.
Light pink doesn’t seem to work on me, but bright/hot pink works just fine. Maybe pink is more of a summer color for me? ?
I got my vaccine! It was through my hospital. The entire process was incredibly well organized by a vast phalanx of staff, beginning from when some guys flagged me right through the garage and into a parking space, and at every step afterward. In and out in 45 minutes, including the 15 spent in the waiting area after the jab. So far no Sudetenland effects!
I’m wearing Tom Ford Noir, a very pleasant medium heavy scent. I selected it by a blind draw from a bowl of samples—literally blind since I didn’t have my glasses on!
No side effects.
But also glad I didn’t have the bizarre ones that got mentioned up above in my post!
Whoo hoo on getting your shot today!
Congratulations on getting the vaccine!
TF Noir is really good. I find it Shalimar-esqe.
Yaaaay for getting the vaccine today!
Yay, lucky you!
I was a in Cuir Beluga decant today! Such plush vanilla, I am now craving a bottle…
I smell a purchase coming on 🙂
So late today. It was almost 50 degrees, we had a major walk at lunchtime, nice to get out of the house a little. I wore AG Quel Amour! This one is always on the precipice of being voted off the island, but I heaitate to let go of any of my Goutal bottles, it was one of the first houses that I really took to.
Late here, too. I love Quel Amour, you smell wonderful. Goutal is a wonderful house.
I almost never got to smell QA. I accidentally ordered a sample of Grand Amour – oops! – when I really wanted to try Quel Amour. Soon after that a kind NSTer sent me a handful of samples, and Quel Amour was in there. 😀
Goutal made/makes some wonderfully unusual things.
SotD = L’heure Bleue
Yesterday was Apres L’ondee so L’hB for today felt just right. Smells delicious.
Love Pink Shirt Day. My kids’ elementary school gave students the option to wear either a pink t-shirt or a green (school color) t-shirt on Fridays. Almost every kid chose pink, even the boys! 😀
Hi there, yesterday twin!
Hello, lovely and nice-smelling people! Still nothing much to report on the fragrance front on my part, except that I’m still using the Fresh deep hydrating rose face cream on my hands and arms. The skin on my face doesn’t really get dry. The skin on my hands, though, that gets very dry. I like the fragrance of this even better than cocoa butter lotion. LOL! I like rose scents in general, and find the Fresh rose face cream to be a very pleasant scent. 😀
I need to check here more often to see what event or food or cause is going on or being celebrated for the day. I was mad at myself for missing the “Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast” day. That kind of day is something I could have done very easily. LOL!
I was happy that it was a warmer day today. I was able to get out and get some errands done, and then I went to my favorite Indian grocery. 🙂 I stocked up on the lychee and mango drinks I like. I got plain yogurt so I can try to make raita. I experimented with a plain naan when I got home, putting olive oil, garlic salt, rosemary, dill and thyme on it and heating it up for half a minute. That was pretty good.
I have a decent collection of herbs and spices. It’s all dried herbs over the winter, but hopefully the sage and thyme and such will come back this spring. The containers that I have herbs in are currently covered with a couple of feet of snow, but snow is a good insulation for the kinds of plants I left outside for the winter.
Some of theIris reticulata bulbs that I got a few months earlier than I planned for and stuck in random pots that I had indoors are starting to sprout. The flowers are supposed to smell like violets. I will report back if or when they blossom.
The crinum bulb that I got in Spring 2016 and promptly lost in the house, then found this winter, was not only still alive, but has leaves over two feet long now. Also, the bulb seems to be pulling itself deeper into the pot by the roots. It’s the kind of crinum that’s known as a “milk-and-wine lily.”
I’d potted up a couple of kinds of lilies that don’t need — and don’t want — to be chilled in the winter. The Easter lily I got at a local grocery store in April of 2020 or so, and repotted in the fall, sprouted again in the winter and the stem is a couple of feet tall now. The growth pattern of that isn’t as scary as that of the crinum. I was aware that the lily bulb was alive, and I’m more familiar with true lilies than with crinums and such. 😀
Well, it was a report on my indoor “gardening” rather than perfume, but savory herbs like that are used to make “Guerlainade.” And of course there are iris and lily sorts of perfumes. lol
The sage that I have outside is practically unkillable. So I think odds are pretty good that yours will return.