Happy Friday and happy National Punctuation Day! (And hey, the swapmeet is still open.) Today is also the birth date of Jim Henson and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Our community project for today: wear whatever fits for whatever reason — scent a muppet or a Fitzgerald character, maybe?
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.
I'm in Chanel Bois des Iles in extrait, for that picture of Scott and Zelda — really it would suit either one of them.
Reminder: 10/1 is International Coffee Day...wear a fragrance with a coffee note.
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.
L’Animal Sauvage for Animal, of course. Now I’ve got “munuminum” stuck in my head
Years ago, when my brother was in secondary school, he and his classmates had some fun by raising his hand in the middle of a Science lesson:
– Sir! Sir!
– yes, what is it?
– what’s a “menomena”?
– “phenomena”?
– No, “menomena”
– MENOMENA???
– BETHEEPY-THEEPY!!
There was a band called menomena in the aughts. I had read a lot of praise for their first album, and in my head I pronounced the name Men-O-Mena. When I asked about their album at the record store the clerk tried really hard not to laugh at me. 🙂
My family are HUGE muppet fans. I grew up with a coffee table book of The Muppet Show skits that included the menomena one. I really should have recognized the word!
We’ve developed the bad habit in our household of referring to a phenomenon as a “menomena” on account of our being Muppets fans. Totally setting my son up for an awkward moment in school one of these days…
Great pairing!
Good morning! I’m in Slow Explosions which I think Gonzo would like. Roses for romancing his beloved chicken and, well he does shoot himself out of cannons an awful lot…
You smell wonderful.
Thank you!
Perfect pairing for Gonzo!
Thanks! I think he’s more complex than he gets credit for.
Love this pairing!
Thank you! It was this or Lord of Misrule for Animal!
Oh, very cool! :^)
I love Animal. If only I could be so chaotic!
Excellent match!
LOVE it! And Gonzo is such a wonderful character.
He really is!
Ages ago, a friend of mine fell hopelessly in love with Creed Tabarome and dithered about buying it until she discovered that it was about to be discontinued and replaced by Tabarome Millésime, not at all the same thing, so she said to hell with it and bought the big 8-ounce bottle. She sent me a sizeable decant, and today I am coming to the end of that. It’s been slowly evaporating over the years (I kept it in a zip-lock bag for all the good that did), and what is left is even more concentrated, a rich golden aura of tobacco leaves and amber.
A lot of people describe the vintage Tabarome as “old man”, and they are quite right: it smells like a sophisticated, kind, generous, and charming old man, the sort any young man should aspire to be.
So, as I have never read any Fitzgerald save for a few short stories, I guess we might as well put it on Statler and/or Waldorf.
I love that backstory. 8 ounces is a lot! Do you know if she still has the bottle?
I don’t know, unfortunately. We fell out of touch over the years, which happens — I didn’t know when I was 14 or even 21 that the number of friends in my life would steadily dwindle, that that’s just how it is.
Knowing her, though, she still has it, still wears it, and still smells fabulous — if not that, then something else. She was so much more sophisticated than I could ever dream of being.
Am also channelling my inner Waldorf with TF Tuscan Leather.
Muppet twins/triplets!
I’m in Safran Troublant. I think Deva wore it earlier this week which reminded me of my decant.
Yesterday was gorgeous weather. I went out kayaking, possibly the last paddle of the season which always makes me a little sad.
My college daughter will be here tonight about dinner time and it will be the first time all 3 kids will be home in I can’t remember how long. I’m going to try and enjoy every minute of it.
Happy Friday.??
Safran Troublant is a great fall scent
I agree.?
Have fun, madtowngirl!
Thanks ringthing!?
How wonderful to have them all home!
It’s getting pretty cold here at night. I am resisting turning on the furnace.
I know!? and yeah, I am right there with you. I reeeaaaally wanted to turn it on the other morning when I got up, but considering we just had the ac on Sunday and Monday I felt like I shouldn’t. Supposed to be warm again next week.?
Here’s to enjoying every minute of it!?
Thanks Laila!??
Happy Friday back atcha!
Friday yay!
when I went downstairs for my coffee I had to cover myself with a throw for the first time in months and months.
In the spirit of fall like weather today two sprays of Sycomore.
Yep, wore a robe last night & this a.m. for the first time since spring.
Same here!
I’m wearing CdG Copper for the first time, from a new decant. After wearing strong aromatics most of the week it seems just a little too sweet for my current taste.
Is it at all coppery? Not even sure what that would entail.
Birth control?
Searching for the weeping-with-laughter emoji…
Whew! I wasn’t sure anyone would get the reference ?
I’m in Micallef’s Aoud Gourmet, from a bottle I bought years and years ago, when I was still in a state of joyful astonishment that there were perfumes that smelled like nothing I had ever experienced before. It’s a weird one, but not in a bad way. It can’t decide if it wants to be a medicinal oud or a sweet gourmand, and wanders back and forth between the two. I’m often feeling fairly weird these days, so I guess it suits.
Happy Friday, everybody!
Enjoy the weird, Lisa D!
I have it too and agree it’s weird!
Weird sounds pretty good to me right now. Then again, it is heading towards the “spooky season”. Time to bring out all the perfume oddballs.
I’m wearing Solinotes Jasmine, which is gentle and unassuming. If there is a muppet who is the complete opposite to Miss Piggy, this would fit the bill. Oooooh, I just saw that a new Halloween muppets movie is coming out soon. I’m in!
Maybe Mokey from Fraggle Rock?
She seems like a good fit
And I saw that The Addams Family 2 will be out starting October 1st in theaters and On Demand. My decide on your COVID risk brain immediately went to do I go to a movie theater (and be with people who may be eating and be unmasked for 2+ hours and not socially-distanced) or stream it On Demand (which I hope means Comcast). The answer was easy.
Oh, I agree! I don’t plan to sit in a theater yet. I don’t have young kids, so there’s no pressure about venue. I’ll be a lot more comfortable at home without a mask across my face.
Hitting the nose on the head with En Voyage Zelda. Why yes, I do smell great! Perfect early fall day here, blue skies and cool temperatures. Happy Friday, everyone.
WOO HOO! For Zelda!
You know, I really did forget that some of the Exclusifs were released in extrait, and I am going to carry on as if they don’t, lest I spend the next years obsessing over Bois des Iles parfum…
I am in vintage Chanel No 19 extrait, which fits both angles of the CP, and like BdI extrait, would work for either Zelda or F. Scott F.
Doing last minute packing and planning for an international trek tomorrow. 2 flights, then picking up a rental car to cross into Canada, then a 2-hour drive.
We need covid tests no more than 72 hours old to cross the border, which has caused me no small amount of anxiety. We got tested Weds and yesterday and our Weds results already came in. But they expire 2 hours after our plane lands, thus the 2nd round of tests. Hopefully everything will go smoothly.
Because of the border shutdown and Canada instituting covid hotels, all flights to Canada originating in the US were rerouted to the covid hotel cities. I’m going to Ottawa, which was not a covid hotel city, so we can’t get a *regular* flight until the schedules change in November. Last I looked, the best available flight stopped at 3 cities, for 4 legs total, clocked in around 12 hours total travel time, and cost 3x what it normally does. It’s otherwise 2 short legs and clocks in around 4 hours.
So if it weren’t a familial obligation, I’d not be making this trip (or traveling anywhere outside the US.) The whole thing has been extremely anxiety-inducing and I’ll be hugely relieved once we’ve crossed the border.
That said, happy Friday and cheers to the weekend!
I’m so with you, kpaint! I’ve had to put off going south for a long time (U.S. passport renewal hell, testing / border uncertainty, getting the whole family vaccinated first), but I am finally going to do it over Thanksgiving weekend next month to do our annual fall farm visits with my dad, whom we haven’t seen in 18 months. The whole process has been such a pain — and I haven’t even gone yet! — that I am not sure I’m going to go again over the holidays as we’d planned.
Fortunately getting into the U.S. is relatively painless for us, since we can drive. (My colleagues who aren’t dual have had to fly, even just to get from Vancouver to Seattle.) But the problem is getting back into Canada. My dad’s in a small city that’s fairly isolated and NO ONE will guarantee a test result in 72 hours, especially over a weekend. So we’re having it done in Seattle on the way, and if all works well, we’ll cross the border on the way home about an hour before it expires. If all doesn’t work well, we’ll have to pay $750 for rapid tests at the airport. Sigh.
I hope all goes well for you — enjoy the time with your family!
There’s a Kaiser location in Seattle that does travel PCR tests with a 24-hour turnaround. That’s where my parents got theirs done, and they had results in 18 hours, and they didn’t have to pay afaik.
Reading through all the rules is no easy matter. I spent a full 8 hour day trying to figure out what we needed to do and still wasn’t sure. My husband spent another 2 or 3.
At least driving into the US will be easy with American passports. Are you all dual citizens?
Oh – and my parents drove from Seattle to Vancouver on Wednesday night and they were the only ones crossing!
I will look for that Kaiser location! Thank you! One of my colleagues who’s been down to Seattle referred me to a lab company that tests and promises 36 hour turnaround even over the weekend, but you have to pay (it’s not crazy, it’s $90 each). He found it after trying Walgreens for free and not getting the results in time. I also found the place at the airport that will give results in an hour, but that’s $250 each…very much a last resort if everything else falls through.
My dad spent a couple of days casing testing places in Spokane for me, and went to a couple of Walgreens to ask in person, and no one there will guarantee a turnaround in 72 hours (sigh). I guess it gave him something to do for a couple of days. (He’s retired.) 🙂
Yes, we’re all dual, much as my daughter refuses to believe me when I inform her that she’s a U.S. citizen. (She’s never lived in the U.S., so doesn’t feel much connection, except that she loves “Hamilton.” 🙂 )
These restrictions are crazy. I mean, I get it, but labs in other countries are under no obligation to meet Canadian entry requirements, so it’s a headache.
It’s just silly to require PCR tests for vaccinated folks. Rapid should be more than sufficient.
And, yes, my niece and nephew get a bit sniffy when I remind them that they’re American ?
I bought my bottle before BdI joined the Exclusifs collection 🙂
And just read the rest of your comment, boy, that is a lot of stress. Very good luck to you
Thank you, and who huh what about some kind of exclusive something or other that I surely don’t need ? ?
Ugh, that’s a lot of logistical stress — but I suspect you’ve packed a *very* chic wardrobe and hopefully will have a wonderful time once all the uncertainty resolves! I almost wore No. 19 for Kermit, but was in the mood for something growlier…
It really is, and RTR FTW. Im bringing a rather chic Elizabeth & James coat, and a cool avant garde-ish assymetrical sweater for an outdoor event. It’ll be 20-30F cooler than temps we’ve had here, so at least I’ll have fun stuff to wear to stave off the cold!
Oooh, sounds lovely!
*Sashays*
…with my cane since I have a knee injury
Been there, done that, not fun. I wish you all the best on your travels!
Right? But my stress level shot way down once my test result came in. Especially after the pharmacist told us to expect results in 5 BUSINESS days. ?
That sounds like quite an odyssey. Good luck!
Thank you!
Blergh! I thought that domestic travel here in the US was a big enough PITA. Going across to Canada amps that up by several orders of magnitude. Best of luck with it all.
I mean, not to be a total weenie, but domestic travel seems to me to have been a big enough PITA even before the pandemic — last time I flew I was all disoriented by the machine-only check ins and how harsh and surly the whole air-travel thing has become.
This week has been so much fun looking for a perfect F Scott Fitzgerald matching perfume. His favourite drink was gin.
Also, Robert Redford and Mia Farrow were draped in Cartier jewels for their spin as Gatsby and Daisy.
So, L’Heure Brilliant VI by Cartier has the gong.
Gin, lemon and aldehydes. As cold and sparkling as you would wish.
Here’s a link to the fabulous jewellery of that movie.
https://theadventurine.com/culture/movies-tv/the-cartier-art-deco-jewelry-in-the-great-gatsby/
Enjoy,
Portia xx
Oh perfect pick!
I had completely forgotten all of that jewelry. Jordan’s necklace is particularly stunning.
So happy you liked it Robin. X
Gin, lemon and aldehydes sounds uhmayzing!
It is beautiful. actually the bottle is Jin’s, I borrowed some spritzes.
Perfect pairing, and those jewels are jaw dropping.
Thanks Missionista,
Aren’t they? That rope of pearls!!
I love reading about jewelry, thanks Portia!
Welcome ringthing, me too.
Great choice and link!
Thanks OH
https://www.esquire.com/uk/food-drink/news/a1874/cocktail-hour-with-f-scott-fitzgerald/
You might like this. Hope everything is going okay in NSW (I’m in NZ so have been following everything closely…poor Melbourne, with the protests. ) At least it’s spring!
Hey Kanuka,
Thanks for the link!
Sydney is doing a LOT better that Melbourne in so many ways. It’s becoming a bit Ayn Rand down there with a hefty helping of disaster fiction.
Fingers crossed for good outcomes. Soon.
Portia xx
Excellent CP match! And Oh! The bling in your article link was something else.
Thanks Jalapeño,
Swoon worthy jewels! I don’t want to be super rich but wouldn’t mind some of that bling.
Amouage Gold today, for Miss Piggy. I probably should have gone for something even louder in the ’80s vein, but I don’t have much of that. Plus, only the best (Amouage! Gold!) for Miss Piggy.
I’ll probably switch to Tauer Les Années 25 for the Fitzgeralds later today.
Kitchen: Not done. It inched closer in the 30 minutes the contractor was here yesterday, and will inch a little closer in the 30 minutes they will be in to skim coat today. But they’re ignoring three other issues I’ve been harping on with the designer (so he’s supposed to be harping on with them!). The paint, supposedly, will be done Monday and they will take their stuff with them, though. (Of course, I found out yesterday that the upholsterer ordered the wrong colourway of the fabric for the dining room bench that should have been finished ages ago since he’s had it for 5 months, and the right colourway won’t be in until late October. This…is just the story of this renovation.)
Sorry it is not done!! Everything is sloooow these days, isn’t it?
I am waiting for replacement sofa cushions…ordered in December, due by August, and now they are saying maybe October, and I figure if I ever see them at all, it will be a win 🙂
Oh my goodness! You’ve beaten me. 😀
Nah. Replacement cushions means I have cushions now. Hardly a bother. YOU are dealing with an unfinished kitchen!!
We were going to buy a sofa in May that they told us should arrive by Labor Day. Then we got distracted, but are planning on putting the order in next month.
I’ve been assuming, for no good reason at all, that production times would be back to normal by now. But I suppose it’s more likely that it’ll take even longer ?
The global supply chain issues are supposed to last into next year, I believe. The appliance dealer told me a month or two ago that I shouldn’t complain about things taking 6 months when they told me 12 weeks — now they’re saying 6 months and it’s probably longer. I do know IKEA is still out of lots of stuff (we need drawer liner, small trash cans, a new white bookcase, and an interim media solution until the cabinetmaker gets around to building one, all out of stock).
We waited for 6 months for a small stand-up freezer last year. It came in like a week before we were moving 10 hours away into an apartment we’d never been inside before so we declined.
But I managed to get a smaller freezer and new tv last fall on the spot, so it must depend on what retail sector you’re shopping in.
The design person at the furniture store told us they were having backlog issues because things were shipping slowly “from France.” I almost snorted out loud.
I did a lot of redecorating last year, and am finishing up a few things this year.
From what I can see, this year is much worse.
It doesn’t bother me, there is nothing I really need, and I just remind myself that I am not dying of covid, knock on wood, and I can wait.
ARGH! And ARGH again!
Molinard “Habanita” for at least a nod in the direction of the roaring twenties, although it could just as easily serve Miss Piggy vamping it with a cigarette holder and a black dress.
A busy week, my project has finished its “development” phase and next week we’ll be frantically snagging everything prior to launch. Happily I am being retained to help the “embed” phase when we hope to get folk using the stuff we’ve created to make their work easier/ better quality. So if all goes to plan I will be stopping at Christmas and will worry about a next contract in February or March next year
I have not been very perfume-focused for a while now but I did enjoy a couple of Pierre Guillaume scents this week, “Entre ciel et mer” from a sample and “fleur de foudre” from a FB. I think he is one of those perfumers who turns people off by being needlessly prolific. The 3 former brands “Parfumerie Générale”, “Collection Croisière” and “Huitième Art” are now just branded “Pierre Guillaume” and there are 2 new lines as well. Anyway, he may be less fashionable than he was and he may jolly well deserve to be, but I enjoyed those two.
Reading NST through the week I can see/sense some folk are at their wits’ end out there between family issues and health issues and pandemic issues and supply-chain issues and retail staffing issues, whichever side of the counter you stand. A big hug to you all. A big hug to *us* all. We’re not wired for continuous sustained stress and I think we’re mostly doing the best we can and well done to us for getting this far. :^)
Habanita is very Roaring Twenties, and of course it was originally sold as a perfume *for* cigarettes, to be painted on them before smoking or as a little sachet to be tucked into your cigarette case. Imagine all those modern young things scenting the air with their daring cigarettes and feeling so terribly au courant.
I agree, many people are stressed and at the end of their rope. I’m hoping that we will get a collective break soon!
Who me? Haha!
You’re doing it right with the rollout. I am living a nightmare of participating in UAT that yielded triple digit bugs, a rollout date that was delayed by 12 days, advised not to request access to Production and indeed, access to Prod would have been useless per a group that insisted on getting access.
Yeah, I feel that pain. My company just delayed implementation on a core system upgrade that’s taken three years so far. It’s the second delay this year and now launch is sometime next year after we get through the holidays and a core sales season in Jan-Feb. They were coming back with >50% defects in testing in the production environment, so had to put it on hold again.
Seriously, what is up with all the sloppiness. The tech team kept saying it’s “Agile” and I want to say all it really means is minimal dev testing and flexible prod turnover. Ours was supposed to have been completed last December…
I’m Agile qualified – I work in PMO but wanted to know Agile so PMs couldn’t bullshit me. It usually takes 2-3 questions before you can think to yourself, “I don’t know what you think you’re doing, fella, but it ain’t Agile”.
Hoo boy. “Agile.” Yeah. I’m on a secondment to a “transformation” team that is “agile” — and we’re supposed to be hitting revenue goals…without any IT resources. Yeah, no dev support. Uh huh, that’s not happening.
We’re supposed to be “bringing agility to the organization.” But honestly, no one really understands Agile methodology, it’s just a buzzword. Agile is not going to be our organization’s saviour. (And I say that understanding fully that Agile is a methodology…one of many…and there’s nothing wrong with it at all, but it is so misunderstood.) What they also don’t understand is that Agile is customer-led. (Hahahahahahaha….this in an organization that laid off all of its new Customer Experience team last fall and has let the IT organization and cost implications lead every major project launch.)
Sorry…you got me started! 🙂
Hmm ya well not to keep throwing shade on Canada, but the federal government there fully implemented a new payroll system a few years ago that was so not-ready-for-primetime that it resulted in tens of thousands of people not getting paid for over a year, my BIL among them. And when they finally did get some cash in hand, the accounting was so effed up that it was a years-long process to trace everything back to get proper and accurate remuneration. Except the onus for that was on the employees, and presumably most of them gave up and took the shorted paychecks out of sheer desperation and exasperation.
Oh boy. I hope the error didn’t come with the threat of paying the appropriate taxes regardless of how wrong your paycheck was, with a penalty dangling over their heads!
Yep. Phoenix. Ugh.
A big hug back atcha ?. Well said comments re stress. ?
Cheers, Laila! ?
NST hugs are the best! And greatly appreciated.
Yeah, 2021 has been A. Year.
I was going to wear something green for Kermit (and Robin – my favorite because he is just so cute) but I got distracted by samples and put on Regime des Fleur Gold Leaves instead. It is indolic but not headache inducing. Lots of lily blooms and stems (regular lily, not LOTV). I get the pitosporum too, but only because I recognize the shared note with TF Neroli Portofino. There is much more going on, but nothing else that I can pull out and identify on its own; this is very well blended. One review mentions the vase water, and I do get a whiff of that. It is a very compelling scent – I keep sniffing my wrist – but it is more interesting than wearable.
I’m going on vacation next week to a cabin in Vermont. Today’s CP reminded me that I’ve been wanting to reread A Moveable Feast, and next week will be a good time to do it.
Drinking a strong assam with milk and churning through my work to-do list before I turn off my email for a week (!)
Sounds like an amazing vacation! I love Vermont!
I wanted to follow up on your comment a couple of days ago about the John Denver & the Muppets album. We had it too! And played it every single Christmas. I now have the digital version, and my daughter starts insisting on it right around mid-November each year. We even watch the grainy old YouTube videos of the special, recorded off TV. I LOVE John Denver & the Muppets! 🙂
Oh, it makes me happy that kids still love that album today! May I also recommend A Muppet Family Christmas tv special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bi9qSKZuvC4
I love that it is the Muppets + Sesame Street + Fraggle Rock all together. There is a lot of Robin, which is a nice bonus for me. And at least one of the bunnies from The Tale of The Bunny Picnic, which is an extra special bonus for me. 🙂
Thanks for the recommendation — I’ve never seen that one! I think I was probably a bit too old to have paid attention at that point, as I was in high school.
We also used to watch “Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas” — I tried finding a DVD of that a while back but was having trouble getting one in the format of my player. I loved Emmet Otter, too!
I LOVE Emmet Otter. Mr. Vee & I watched it last year for the first time in a while, and it occurred to us both that the Riverbottom Nightmare Band may have been jerks, but they really were the best performers at the talent competition!
😀
How lovely! I have not read that in years either. Maybe I will show up on your doorstep with my copy, ha.
Safe travels and enjoy your Vermont trip!
Good morning and Happy FriYAY!!!!!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Muppets, so I went the microphone shaped bottle of Adam Levine for Her, so the Muppets can sing on the Muppet Show….
SMELLY AWESOME NEWS ALERT: Lancome recently pulled out of Belk stores, so this week Belk had all their remaining Lancome stock 50% off. I ordered a bottle of Idole last night (online) for $29.50! They also had Hypnose 1/2 price, but I think it’s gone now…..Act fast if interested…..
I love these good tips!! And Belk’s!
Excellent choice of fragrance — I love Adam Levine for Her! And what a clever connection to make, the microphone.
Fireplace on low as I drank coffee this am. Could hear the wafting of Tiny Dancer coming from the workmen building the duplex next door. Cat briefly snuggling until I stopped petting…she’s disappeared now. (Oops…she’s back…and draped in front of the fire) Checking out Fat Bear Week site in preparation of the annual vote.
And…the only scent that seemed appropriate for me was Hermès Eau de Narcisse Bleu. In honor of my husband’s favorite muppet…Grover. And, yes, we do have a stuffed Grover.
Saw Jungle Cruise yesterday. This time, we were the only people in the theater, so we could chat as much as we liked. Silly, but entertaining.
Aw, Grover was always my favorite, too ?
Aww, yes! Grover! “Heeyyy Frooogggy Baaaby!!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEaQcSZFZVI
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The is a Monster at the End of This Book (featuring Grover) is one of the best kids books out there, IMHO. It is cleverly interactive with the reader.
YES!!!! I was just going to bring that up. I LOVED that book as a kid! My kid loved that book!
Bingo! Just ordered this for my grandson. Thanks for the tip! ?
I’m also Team Grover!
I am in Zelda by En Voyage perfumes, which was inspired by Zelda Fitzgerald. It’s a creamy magnolia that could pass as coconut at a glance with a spicy, boozy amber. Smells like a delicious drink, which works both for the inspiration and the age she embodied.
Sounds gorgeous. And vehrey Southern ?
Scent twins! Zelda does smell like a delicious drink 🙂
I am loving all the CP pairings today.
I chose Le Labo Jasmin 17 for Daisy Buchanan’s hope that he daughter will be a “beautiful fool”, attractive enough to become someone’s ornament and not thoughtful enough to mind. I don’t think Jasmin 17 is dumb, but it’s not really challenging, and it certainly is pretty!
I like that, great pick!
Rose Prick today
For Sam the Eagle
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PERFECT!!! (I love Sam!)
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I love the hair!
Oh, Sam. Love it!
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I’m in my beloved Sous le Vent, which isn’t quite mad enough to suit Animal but is meant to be a hat-tip in his direction. Heading out into the woods for solo work today, just as soon as I can stop eating my son’s Cheddar Bunnies…
Sous le Vent is so beautiful — you smell wonderful, and I’m so envious.
Thank you! I’m deeply grateful to have acquired a lifetime supply…
Sounds dreamy. Enjoy your solo time.
It was a pleasant forest outing, as they go, and the solo time did me good!
Sous le Vent was created for Josephine Baker, who perhaps epitomized the Jazz Age Roaring Twenties, and therefore seems a perfect nod to Fitzgerald, too!
She was really someone, wasn’t she? I saw she was recently interred in the Panthéon in Paris as one of the Great Persons of France – working with the Résistance to spy on the Nazi occupiers. An amazing life. ?
Ahh, double points!
Cheddar bunnies. Yes. 😀 Fortunately my kid is old enough that we don’t have them any longer. (We’re on to things like wasabi peas.) I love cheddar bunnies, though.
I firmly believe that we will never outgrow cheddar bunnies in this house. If the child outgrows them, mama certainly will not.
Not sure I have come across a perfume that is zany enough for Animal!
I thought about Musc Ravageur but only the name fits — the fragrance itself is way too snuggly!
I’m wearing No. 22 today, for Miss Piggy, who would spray this EDC generously all over herself before donning an incredible outfit. My bottle is probably as old as Miss Piggy, and I like 22 better than No. 5.
Was is that picture in your avatar? I’ve been trying to figure it out and I can’t make it larger: screwdrivers, corn cob spike things, drawing pins, tent pegs…the little handles, what are they?
You are the first person to ever ask! They are hold down bolts to stabilize my front-load washer drum. I had to use them when I moved. I liked how sculptural they were, as well as the colors.
They are quite large–the yellow ones are probably six or seven inches long.
Like one-armed corn-cob tradies in jaunty hats. Now all the girls will want some!
Also a No. 22 lover here! And yes, I too like it better than No. 5.
Off topic in Fille de Berlin, loving reading all the Muppet and F Scott F pairings tho!
You smell great mayfly!
Thanks Robin!
Zelda, of course. This is about as CP complaint as I’ll ever get, I’m sure!
Stay well and Haloy FriYAY!
It’s enough points to last you 🙂
Trying out Tom Ford Lost Cherry today. Wasn’t sure if I would like it or not but I really do like it.
Ha! May I recommend the travel spray? ?
I bought the travel spray blind from Sephora and don’t regret it one bit.
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Friday! How did it get to be Friday again already?!
Y’all are so clever with the CP… I got nuthin. Plus it’s been too hot to think anyway. SOTD is Mugler Cologne Fly Away, grapefruit and mild spicy. BOTD is ‘Right Ho, Jeeves’ which is amusing me just as it should.
Jeeves ALWAYS takes points, no matter what the project.
Sorry about that last one, computer got stuck.
I am joining Vee with a strong cup of Assam. After showering it’s Songe d’un Bois d’Été.
Need some help: I have an expiring $150 Saks gift card. Not sure what to buy. I was thinking of L’Artisan Fables d’Orient, Dior Jasmin des Anges, Ormaie Papier Carbone, or ? Any ideas?
If you are thinking online purchase, my idea won’t work, but if you are where there is a brick-n-mortar, might they have the 75ml bottles of one of the Guerlain L’Art & La Matiere’s gathering dust under a counter or behind something else in the stock room? I know stores shift their stock around, but I nabbed Iris Torrefie in the last few weeks online; seems like something might still be out there.
I will text them to see, that’s a possibility.
OOOH! Good idea MossyBerry!
A cashmere throw is the first thing that came to my mind ?
I think Miss Piggy would wear Diva by Ungaro. Kermit would be in Green Lover by Lolita Lempicka.
Oooh, nice!
SotD: Azuree d’Or for Miss Piggy and for Zelda. It’s a scent that to me has a lot of glamour (for Miss Piggy) but also says to me: let’s party hearty, and is at home in a smoke-filled room with free-flowing beverages and loud music and talking. I could not find my bottle of Azuree, but the Ad’O is quite similar.
Hope that your bottle of Azuree turns up soon. This is a great time of year for it!
Sotd is TF Metalique, to match with the outfits on Pigs in Space. Lol, probably my most favorite Muppets skits.
Bahaha! Love it
Awesome pick!! ?⭐?
Awesome pairing!! Pigs in Space, lol!
LOL! You smell great.
Yesss!!
SOTD = Diptyque Le Grand Tour Venise
Nice: green, tomato, vetiver. I have not getten the green pepper or the basil…perhaps if I sprayed more or significantly less than my 8 sprays.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNerrRrDyI/?utm_medium=copy_link
I’m pairing it with the eco version of Oscar the Grouch. My sister used to have an Oscar the Grouch in his trash can alarm clock. When the appointed time came, his grouchy voice said (IIRC) “Ring, ring, hey wake up there. And don’t forget to wind the clock so I can wake you up again tomorrow! Ring, ring …” and the whole thing repeats again until you turn the darn thing off. I don’t believe it is electronic but you can push Oscar into his trash can and he would pop up when you press a button.
I will probably put a few things up for swap tomorrow. Stay tuned!
I would push that particular Oscar into an entirely different trash can. Preferably the one outside, next to the driveway. Ack.
LOL! He was annoying as heck but got the job done!
Oscar is my favorite, that alarm clock must have been a hoot.
It was and was also very well made for what is essentially a kid’s toy!
ZOMG! I remember seeing ads for that alarm clock! Talk about a blast from the past…
Oh, I love Oscar. So many days I feel like Oscar. And kids do, too. He is genius!
That sounds like a great alarm clock…alarm clocks are supposed to be annoying, as Oscar would well know. 😀
OSCAR! I loved him. wanted to be him really.
I work in a museum that has a Jim Henson exhibition. I wanted to wear something odd and out there in honor of his earlier work as an experimental filmmaker–something like Gentiane Blanche or Chypre Mousse, but I’ve used up all my odd stuff. So I’m in Selva do Brasil, as I remember some jungle-y settings and backgrounds in Muppet Show, and Labyrinth.
If you are at the museum I am thinking of, it is a great exhibit. We brought my mom there for mother’s day. She truly and deeply loves The Muppets and was so overwhelmed at seeing them that close up, she was almost in tears.
Oh, the Crocodile Rock skit on The Muppet Show comes to mind, with jungle-themed things. It was one of my kid’s favourites!
That exhibition sounds amazing!
WOW! Cool job and exhibition.
SOTD is 4160 Tuesdays’ An Excess of Carelessness, in honor of F. Scott Fitzgerald! Maybe later I’ll use Tocca’s Liliana hair perfume, which I wrote about here in the context of Daisy Buchanan: https://scentsandsensibilities.co/tag/the-great-gatsby/. Excess of Carelessness uses materials and notes that were au courant during the Gatsby era: Heliotropin, Vanillin, Coumarin, Bergamot, Amber, with floral notes that I think include iris and violet. I love it!
The notes sound wonderful!
It’s very beautiful. Soft, so soft …
Ooh, I haven’t smelled that one, sounds lovely!
OOOHHHHH! Sounds so good.
I started the morning in Memoirs of a Trespasser (again, because Mr. G likes it a lot), and have now switched to L’Ambre des Merveilles because it smells like a snack kids would enjoy while watching the Muppets. Not terribly inventive on my part, my excuse being a lack of deep experience with either Muppets or Fitzgerald. Have enjoyed reading others’ pairings this week, though.
Heresy, but I will admit to never having been a Muppet Show fan, and thus have never seen a movie or any ancillary products. But the Sesame Street muppets I absolutely loved.
You smell divine!
Thank you! As do you — I love No. 19 in any formulation, but the extrait is divine.
I have great memories of The Muppet Show as my grandfather used to have it on while a bunch of grandchildren were scattered about watching it with him!
The Muppet Show used to be an after school treat for me during junior high school.
Tired today and my wrist is aching but for the cp I am wearing vintage Guerlain Liu which I think would suit Nicole in Tender is the Night, a favorite.
Sounds perfect to me
Thank you Kanuka, so glad we are both fans of Tender is the Night.
Lovely!
Thank you! Liu is a more melancholic No 5 I think.
Aw, that’s a bummer your wrist is achy today.
Thank you Jalapeno, wrist is better, I think I had done my exercises maybe too vigorously.
I bet it’s the upcoming change of weather. I hope it doesn’t feel too bad.
Thank you Lillyjo, perhaps the weather is playing a role, I may have done my PT exercises too vigorously too.
https://thecandyperfumeboy.com/2017/10/31/perfume-review-scherzo-tender-by-miller-harris/
Tender is the Night is one of my favourite modern novels and my favourite of F.Scott Fitzgerald novels and I remembered that Miller Harris had commissioned two perfumers to create a perfume based on the same passage from the book (2 interpretations of the same quote). I was tempted to blind buy but never got around to it so I can’t wear either one. There are so many great settings (Paris, Riviera, Rome, Zurich, New York, )and ‘lifestyles’ (psychiatrist, movie star, wealthy, alcoholic) in the book that almost any perfume would work I think. I have no idea what to wear…it’s early here…but I’m going with Jil Sander Sun which is my newest acquisition and more layered and interesting than it sounds. Have a great weekend! Everything is so stunningly green here: the paddocks are lush, kelly green. Kermit would be right at home.
I am green with envy over your green! Lol
One of these days I will try Sun.
https://youtu.be/er1SCSOaTb4
Also, here’s a song.
Thank you! Very cool. I hope you are doing okay with work, vaccinations , meetings etc. And autumn.
Thanks. I am doing ok. It might change once I see the first snowflake though ?
Sun is an unsung gem, I own it too. Enjoy your hemisphere’s spring.
I know that burst of green in the spring, it’s magical and so bright it almost hurts the eyes after all the grey of winter. Rejoice!
That shock of spring greening is one of my favorite sights of that season. It’s like the whole world is waking up.
On a wide side note Kanuka,
One of the first times Jin and I went to dinner with Olfactoria and her husband I wore Sun. The husband remembered it being one of Olfactoria’s fragrances early in their relationship and asked me what I was wearing. It was such a beautiful moment and Olfactoria was visibly moved by his remembrance.
Well one of my favorites as a kid was The Drk Crystal. Wearing Flora Nymphea in honor of Kira:). Haven’t seen the movie in ages though. It was playing for a dollar during covid at the movie theater here..was gunna see it..but..the time passed lol.
Nothing delights me more than when serendipity enters my life, and it did with this week’s cp.
The Great Gatsby is a favorite book of mine, and I knew I wanted a fragrance that would not only suit Daisy but also the Jazz Age, New York, the book’s theme, and would’ve been created at that time. In searching by year, I came upon Lanvin My Sin, circa 1924-1925. Perfect . . . . and sounding strangely familiar to me. Looking it up on fragrantica revealed why – the mysterious Madame Zed is said to be the perfumer – and I had just recently finished a book that featured Madame Zed and My Sin as well! Duh! I had bought the book, The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro, several years ago at my local library’s annual book sale and only now just read it. Never heard of Madame Zed before I read the book, thought she was only fictitious and created for this book, but I guess not! And, luckily, I have a bit of vintage My Sin left that I believe was my mom’s that I never wear but did today to tie everything together. And the explanation Madame Zed provides in this book of the meaning behind both the fragrance and its name really suits The Great Gatsby and Daisy. If you can find a copy, it’s worth a read.
So that’s my rather long-winded contribution for today’s SOTD but I really wanted to share that. Hope everyone is enjoying the first weekend of fall or, spring!, if that’s where you are.
I have that book! My husband read it (and read the first chapter aloud to me, probably during the shut down) but I never finished.
What a great connection, and now I can read the book knowing that Madame Zed was a real person. I can’t say I’ve ever run across a reference to her in all of my perfume reading.
Well played with the CP!
My library has the audiobook, which I just borrowed. I’m traveling tomorrow and will be jammed into a small house filled with family for a few days, so this will be the perfect escape.
Thank you!
Very cool! Just in case you don’t want to read the whole book, in the hardcover edition Madame Zed makes her first appearance in the chapter entitled ‘New York, 1927,’ p. 138, and My Sin on p. 144. It’s a fascinating story. Enjoy!
That is definitely a tale of serendipity! How cool!
Trying to think of a perfume to match Cookie Monster. Since I don’t have any chocolate forward fragrances, I’m going with Carnal Flower, the baseball bat of perfumes. Don’t get between the Monster and his Cookie!
I have a pair of “cozy pants” adorned with Cookie Monster that I put on immediately when I get home from work every night so he has a special place in my life and heart 🙂
I love Cookie Monster too, but would have a hard time picking a perfume to go with him. Maybe vanilla?
That’s a great idea!
I’m in MDCI Promesse de l’Aube, the name of which I had to retype a couple of times to get right. Starts out very plush and 80’s kitchen sink. Quite sophisticated. Drydown is soft and comforting, very different from the initial spray. Very grateful for the swapmeet and the NSTer who sent this beauty. ?
The promised gorgeous weather has arrived! Yay! ?????
My two favorite Muppets are from The Muppet Show, and are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Beaker. Their hijinks used to leave me in stitches. However, I didn’t feel like wearing Angel EdP for its (supposed) melon note, which actually smells like candied pineapple to my nose anyhow. So I went with Plan B, and a second set of favorite Muppets.
SOTD = Clinique Wrappings again, for Waldorf and Statler, the balcony hecklers. It’s a little bitter, like they are. And I think it’s great.
Yay for gorgeous weather!?? It’s been great weather here too this week.
Perfect timing for having all your young’uns in one place!
Great pairing! I love Wrappings AND the hecklers. I want to grow up to be the hecklers, I think, female version. It’s been a week. So glad it’s Friday!
Thank you!
There were a couple of episodes where the hecklers became the heckled. One involved an octopus and The Swedish Chef, and a truly epic/horrible pun…
Just reading the name Beaker makes me laugh. He was great!
Wasn’t he?
I love the weather, too, and loved the pairings!
Thanks!
I think the forecast is calling for a whole week of this weather! Yippee yahoo! I will be SO stoked if that is the case.
I have been trying to think of a Beaker pairing all week, and have not come up with anything. Feu d’Issey was as close as I got.
HA! Waldorf and Statler always made my sister and me go crazy in hysterics. We thought they were the finniest, more clever and interesting characters in the crew.
I am wearing Goutal Mandragore Pourpre for The Witches, Jim Henson produced movie from 1990.
I am not at all familiar with your movie pick. Do tell more!
I have to admit it, I’ve never seen it I’m too scared. I’m only brave enough to watch trailer, lol.
Angelica Huston plays the Queen of the Witches, and the witches are all at a convention talking about turning children into mice.
I may try to watch it. It’s currently on Netflix.
I checked Netflix and couldn’t find The Witches there. HBO just did a new version of this starring Octavia Spencer and Anne Hathaway. I made my husband watch it with me, since I was scared to watch it by myself — I am a wimp. It was not that scary.
Was in a casino bathroom, someone tried to cover up business with a thick, patchouli spray..I appreciate the effort but kinda made it worse lol.
Sprayed a few sprays of Ruby Woo on..listening to 80s tunes at the casino lol
Hope you win!