It's Hump Day, plus World Press Freedom Day and International Sun Day. (And a quick PSA: I have temporarily disabled new user registrations due to spam. I will put it back when I can; meanwhile, if you want to join in the conversation here you are welcome to email me and I will get you all set up.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm commando but in my mind I'm doing sage in Comptoir Sud Pacifique L'Eau du Gouverneur.
Reminder: on 5/5, we're doing Scarborough Fair Friday. Wear a fragrance with parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2023, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Flower meadow [cropped] by stanze at flickr; some rights reserved.
Lovely photo! I’m wearing Tonka Imperiale for yet another rainy day.
That sounds perfect for the rainy day. You smell great.
Ooh yes, you do smell great! I quickly went through my sample of that one. I wish Guerlain sold those little coffret bottles individually. And as sprays. That’s not asking too much is it? lol
So…I went back this week to NST, mostly lurking….glad to see that it is still has same lovely vibe as ever….
But then I read about your sudden loss, Robin…I am deeply sorry …. Please take care…sending love.
My SotD was La Panthere (edp) by Cartier.
Went for an afternoon run, took a shower and now I am wearing Spell 125 by Papillon
That was one of the 2 perfume buys in 2022 for me, the other was Tabac Tabou (Parfum d’Empire)…..
Welcome back Jiji, we missed you! 🙂 You smell great.
thank you!
Yeah I missed you all as well.
Somehow an immensely stressful project took a lot of my time and energy in 2021 and 2022. So I did not feel the urge to post or share stuff for a long time. I removed all social media apps from my phone and still manage to ignore them
But this place was still on my “good’ list, I was always wondering how everyone is doing, and indeed it luckily is still peaceful and friendly 🙂
I will probably share some updates on my life later, but long story short: all is fine.
… trying to catch up with everyone here will be hard. but I am reading some posts from last month so hopefully I will be up to speed again soon.
Hey there Jiji!👋
Hi there! 👋
Nice to see you, Jiji!
Nice to see you as well! 😊
I remember you Jiji, glad you’re back.
Welcome back, Jiji! We missed you.
Hello Jiji! Pleased to have an update from you, and that your life has been going well.
Welcome back. I never thought to look up why your name is Jiji with a black cat avatar. Fast forward (or maybe fast backward) to a year or so ago and now I have all sorts of Jiji stuff!
😊 i Have a pencil case with Jiji on it. And the “The art of Kiki’s delivery service”-book.
Its such a perfect feel good movie.
One spritz of Fleur de Caissie, on a day when it’s snowing. Have to admire tulips, daffodils, and crocus-they’re so beautiful as they bloom through snow but man-I dont care for snow. It’s been bad weather here since the hurricane last Sept.
Poor you! We’re just having cold rain here in Montreal. Crossing fingers for no more snow!
I love Montreal 🙂 And I love your chosen scent of the day. Is FiveOaks still around? I hope so 🙂 Still miss Perfume of Life!
She is still around, she and I hang out together on Basenotes. 🙂
I am wearing CD Ambre Nuit. It doesn’t feel like spring yet, always rainy and cold.
I found this amazing website that sells vintage sealed perfumes and it is getting dangerous for me, i want to order everything.
I ordered Paco Rabanne Metal pure perfume and Weil Bambou ( old formula), Metal being my first perfume and Bambou from my University years in Istanbul.
I’m still wearing winter scents too. Looking forward to the sun this weekend!
Metal perfume!!! I’m so jealous!! I wore the EDT in the early 80s
Somehow my comment is nested in cazaubon’s
Right now I’m in Knize Ten and giving special attention to its rosemary note. It’s definitely in there, as if someone put a sprig or two into the side pocket of a suede handbag. I love that our CPs sometimes direct our noses to the less-noticeable facets of old favorites.
Today’s Jardin is Un Jardin Sur Le Nil, which I’m enjoying. I think its the combination of fruit and the tomato and carrot herbal notes. Nice.
You smell lovely!
Funny thing: most scents I wear year round, but this one I only start to long for when temperatures rise above 20 /25 degrees (Celcius, in Fahrenheit that should be 70-something.?). I think that goes for most scents from that series…..
Yes, I agree they work well in warm weather. Have you tried the most recent?
I tried it once, in a department store it was nice,
but to me Sur Le Nil and Apres la Mousson are so much better.
SOTD is L’Eau Bleue d’Issey Pour Homme. Lemongrass and lime in the opening are a bitter-sour combo, then the rosemary, cypress, and juniper berries come in, with a background of a complex wood+other supporting notes that I can’t tease apart. A cheapie blind buy that I was hoping would scratch my itch for a rosemary frag. It didn’t (too many other notes going on) but I would like to figure out a gin cocktail that tastes like how this smells.
On that note, I had a cocktail (or two) on Saturday at a restaurant that teamed up with Regime des Fleurs to promote RdF’s new frag. They made a drink based on the notes of the frag and you a get a dabber sample of the frag on the side to compare. It was like the 800th perfume I’d sniffed that day, so all my tired nose got were the main notes of gin + gardenia, but I like that combo in both the cocktail and the frag.
I have a calendar full of meetings today, so tea is a coffee pu’er to keep me peppy.
A gardenia and gin cocktail sounds very intriguing!
Hope that you are done with all your meetings now.
Wearing a JusBox Spring Dance sample for the rosemary note. Not my usual thing, but I like this cologne/spring flower fragrance. Very springy!
Nice weather today, but looks like some rain for our upcoming camping trip. Oh well–we’ll still have fun.
Thinking of you, Robin.
Have a great time!
That’s a bummer about the rain, hopefully the forecast is wrong! Have fun!
Boo for rain in your camping forecast!
Commando this morning as I had a dermatologist appt to have a mole biopsied. TMI I know 😝
Now that I have home I can relax and eat something. Before any doctors appt I have such knots in my stomach.
yeah I get those same knots as well for appointments like that…especially dentist appointments (even though its just a check up…. )
Dentist appt are the worst. I have to do meditation breathing before I go
Btw
I hope the biopsy report will say ´nothing bad had been found’ or whatever medical jargon they will use for that.
🍀
I look anxiously for the word “unremarkable”.
Hope it’s nothing serious. Husband just had Mohs surgery on a skin cancer nodule on his leg, they cut a pretty big hole and he’s in a lot of pain. Crossing fingers for you!
I hope it’s nothing serious either but he didn’t like the look of it…which isn’t a good sign. Its on my back in a spot I can’t see
Uh oh. I’ll cross my fingers too ltsg!!🤞
I hope it’s nothing serious.
You did the right thing to have it checked.
The mere thought of a biopsy freaks me out. Hope that yours turns out to be no big deal.
With a looming dentist appt this afternoon, I wanted to go easy on any perfume. Turns out I am doing a slam dunk (oh my beloved Warriors . . . had you only had one more last night. . . . anyway (shakes her head sadly)) on the CP in Diptyque’s Vinagre de Toilette Edition Méditerranée, with its short list of notes: lavender, rosemary, and thyme. 🙂
Good luck at the dentist.
Good luck at the dentist, and good job on your choice of fragrance!
Fingers crossed for a boring dentist visit!
In Penhaligon’s Elixir, another chef d’oeuvre and inexplicably discontinued fragrance by Olivia Giacobetti. Thanks to Robin for mentioning her love of this years ago which allowed me to jump on an e bay bottle.
You smell great, I love Elixir.
😊
I’m wearing Noora by Swiss Arabian today, honey and oranges and white florals and perfect for a cafe on a sunny day…thought I am in the office unfortunately. Ah well.
Penhaligon’s Lavandula for the CP today (clary sage). Haven’t worn this in quite a while, but it’s a good, somewhat calming scent for a crazy morning.
I have to say that the dry down of this was much better than I’d remember. It’s one of those where you keep catching whiffs of something lovely while sitting at your desk and then you remember it’s your perfume. I think I wrote it off early in my perfume journey because the opening is very traditionally “male” lavender. (And, to be fair, I really haven’t revisited that Penhaligon’s sample set much since I started my perfume journey.) It was working for me today, though.
Ahh!!! Lavandula! It was my first perfume love and I poured a chunk of my disposable income into that bottle. I made the mistake of selling it off and have never been able to replace it…
If memory serves the drydown was a very clean, cozy musk and tonka and the lavender is mostly in the top. Is it that way for you too? It’s been years since I’ve smelled it so I may be way off base.
Yes! There’s really only the idea of lavender at the end.
I’m in Myrrhe Eglantine from a nster. Pretty!
We had a moment of excitement in our house yesterday. My college grad got her first acceptance letter from one of the grad schools she’s applied to.🤓 I’m so proud of her.☺️
Wonderful news! Congratulations to her!
Thanks nebbe!
Well done to your daughter.
Thanks Aurora!
Awesome! Does she have a preference as to which one she wants to go to?
Good question. She’s got her top 3 picks, one of which happens to be steps from our front door.😉 I would love it if she stayed close but ultimately want her to go where the best program is and where she thinks she’ll be happiest.
Congratulations! That’s great news!
Thanks!
Good job, madtowngrad! 🙌🏻
Thanks!🙌
Yay, congrats!
Thanks!
Congrats
Thanks cm8!
Wow! Madtowngradgirl is on a roll! You must be so proud.
I am.☺️
Congrats to your daughter!! How wonderful.
Glad you are making your way through the Hermessences 😉
Yes, thank you!!
I’m wearing Carner Barcelona Tardes from a swap sample, which I remember reading a lot about years ago on MakeupAlley. Very pretty, but alas too sweet for me. I might add some Rodin 3, which also has a geranium note, but is more green. Though really, i should be swathed in some spicy vanillic amber comfort scent, as L.A. is still quite cold and more rain comes our way tonight. Off to look up Penhaligon’s Elixir, thx to those who mentioned it.
I am wearing Jo Malone Star Magnolia and drinking a cup of True Blueberry tea
I think that’s my favorite Jo Malone, you smell lovely!
Pythia from American Perfumer since it contains rosemary. I’ve got scents with sage and thyme as well but I don’t think I have any parsley ones
Wow, at least you’re hitting three out of the big four. I’m impressed. I could scarcely find anything in my collection, except for some basil. Which doesn’t quite count here.
I’m accidentally compliant with the CP because I just tried on some Byredo De Los Santos from a sample I had on hand and lo and behold, it includes sage! It’s quite nice really. I haven’t given this much of a spin before and will see how it plays out on me this afternoon. I’ve tried Mojave Ghost several times and it has zero staying power on me.
Dior Homme edp.
I just grabbed whatever no-brainer scent I spotted first this morning.
We survived the day,finished just after 7pm with surgeries(it’s 8:27 pm now)Pretty whacked after the day!
XO’s
Have a good night J B!
Have a restful night.
Go home
Relax
Have a nice glass of 🍷
Sleep well! 😪🥱😴
Lolita Lempicka from a sample. Can’t seem to wake up, and i should have put on something bright and floral and sunny, but since this LL version is down to a skin scent I will top up in about 30 minutes with Ormonde Jayne Osmanthus or Jo Malone Honey & Nectarine Blossom (i think that’s the one)
It was sunny but on the cooler side.
La Cologne Du Parfumeur which has rosemary and smelled good if not very strong, so tonight I changed to vintage Yardley Violet, very potent and candy-like.
Oh the Yardley must smell wonderful. I opened a new Yardley soap today in turmeric and orange peel.
Yes, Lillyjo the old Yardley perfumes, mostly soliflores, are really good, the soaps are great too.
While reading about International Sun Day, I had a grade school memory. Solar Power was really getting a lot of attention and for a science experiment we cooked hotdogs outside using tin foil and a box and the Sun. I also remember a house in one of the new developments that was to be solar powered.
After a cloudy and cold morning the Sun is finally peeking out here now. I am wearing Rose all Day, in an effort to convince myself that I do not need any more rose centered perfumes. Lol.
Still raining here, ugh, I feel like I could use some roses! You can never have too many.
You are right! I need another rose!
I remember when solar cookers were quite The Big Thing. One local meteorologist used one during his weather forecast one day, which amused me and my brother to no end.
It was pretty cool. If I recall though, the hotdogs just weren’t quite right. Lol.
They seemed to work better for frying eggs, IIRC.
Down memory lane for you then, that was a cool experiment.
I’m taking it very quietly at the moment, I’ve got Covid again. The first time last July I had a headache for a week that nothing would shift, this time it’s more like a cold. My beloved is coughing horribly, but has tested negative so far.
I’m perfume-free so far, but post-shower I’ll continue trying the Manos Gerakinis samples I got on my trip.
Poor you, hope it passes quickly!
Get well soon
Oh no! Sorry to hear that. Hopefully your symptoms remain on the mild side.
I hope you are feeling better very soon!
I’ve been doing a lilac perfume study the last few days since I have quite a few options, almost all in decants, and I wanted to compare them to figure out favorites. And also because lilacs are in bloom here! It’s the most wonderful 2-3 weeks of the year.
Favorites:
Désarmant by La Parfumerie Moderne
En Passant by Frederic Malle
Very promising, need to give more attention to:
Marissa Zappas Lilac Dream
Jacques Fath Lilas Exquis
Likes but not love:
Pacifica French Lilac
Patou Heritage Collection Vacancies
Least favorite:
Phaedon Rue de Lilas
I’m very intrigued by your #1 and when I’m in Paris this summer (a long postponed trip due to the pandemic), I want to try to sniff this line. I might bring some things back for belated splits😋
Oh, I hope you do get to sniff it in Paris!
That’s a lot of lilac perfumes!
Great idea!
Oh man. You are right up my alley: Searching for lilac at all times. LOVE En Passant. Agree Lilac Dream promising: had a dabber, need a spray. Will try the others. Except the Phaedon. Thank you!!
Grr autocorrect strikes again. Patou Vacances not Vacancies. 🤣
I like Vacancies – a great name for a fragrance!
Love lilacs too. I’ve only smelled Lilac Exquis from your list — it was a green photorealistic lilac to me, but not very exciting. What did you think of it?
Yeah, I get what you mean. It’s not super exciting but nice and pretty. I think it’s a more aquatic, dewy lilac than some of the other lilac perfumes.
Desarmant is my favorite lilac
Have you tried the Aerin Lilac Path? Very realistic. And there’s Highland Lilac of Rochester (NY, where they have an annual lilac festival).
You know, I’ve somehow still not tried the Highland Lilac after all these years. How do you like that one? I also haven’t tried the Aerin so I’ll keep that one in mind.
Can’t find my sample of HLoR, but if I recall correctly, very realistic, a little on the animalic side.
Thanks!
I’m in Lyric, sprayed over a base of Rose EdT from Mercedes. Yep, the car company. It’s definitely a rose soliflore, so it punches Lyric up a bit in that department.
Welp. I went to urgent care yesterday because the cold I’ve been dealing with has been hanging on. Looks like I have pneumonia, and my social life has slowed down accordingly. Bleargh, time for chicken noodle soup! 🍜
Hope you feel better soon
Glad that you went to Urgent Care, but bummed that it turned out to be pneumonia.
Rest, rest and rest! 💙
So sorry you’ve got pneumonia, get well soon.
Off and on rain sprinkles here today. Bleah. Slowly getting a couple of things done.
SOTD = Cuir de Lancome. I think I have one last wearing in my little decant, and then I will have another thunk.
I was thinking of lillyjo earlier today when I heard the announcement for 2023’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
I just looked it up.
Rage but no Maiden?!
It’s really something to look at the bands that aren’t in yet.
And I voted several times for my picks. Was surprised to see that RAGTM made it in.
Heavy metal and hard rock aren’t taken seriously as genres. “No respect!”
Yeah… Metal should have its own HoF.
I don’t really like green scents, so I am striking out on the herby things because I don’t have any. Today I am wearing Acqua Viva, the best lemon ever made, and enjoying the heck out of it.
When I was looking up perfumes with the herb notes yesterday, I saw that there’s thyme in Mediterraneo. I figure there’s a chance you might have some of that if you like lemon perfumes.
Aromatics Elixir
And tomorrow LT Pivers A La Reine Des Fleurs which has thyme and rosemary and probably sage too
Smelling great all day!
😻😻😻❤️
Scents of Wood Cashmeran in Cognac ♥️
So tempted by the whole Scents of Wood situation. What’s your take?
I only recently got samples (was not a subscriber or early adopter 😉 ) and really like what I have sampled so far. I tried and loved Plum in Cognac and Praline in Maple. They sell 10 ml sprays too which is great. They have branched out and are selling bottles and the travel sprays through a few different online retailers now too.
Feeling like I’ve been dragged through a bush backwards today. So tired! After work, I never even left the parking lot, just flopped into bed as soon as doggo got kibbles and walkies. Then, right around noon she was nice enough to tap, tap, tap me on the head with her paw to wake me. Why? I have no idea. As soon as I lifted my eye mask to gaze at her balefully, she wagged, got up, did a couple circles in the bed, laid down and promptly went to sleep. Of course, I couldn’t go back to sleep. 😭
I need Corsica Furiosa today. That blast of green will surely give me a bit of energy. I don’t know if it’s CP compliant, but if it’s not, it should be.
Keeping you and your family in my thoughts, Robin.
Hope you have an easy night Deva!
Thanks lillyjo. 😊
Wearing ELdO You or Someone Like You. So minty, grassy, modern L.A. Fresh, crisp, hopeful. Plus I love Chandler Burr. Had a full bottle, using a sample to see if I still love it. Yes. Yes, I do.
Wore Masque Milano’s Lost Alice from a sample provided by a lovely NST’er. I have perhaps 1 more wear from it. Not quite a CP scent as there’s clary sage in it; not sure if this qualifies. I do have my eye on a bottle as it’s such a nice fragrance, not “too much”.
SOTD = Chanel Bois des Iles EDT
Lovely, supremely lovely!
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I got my haircut this evening. Normally I would go on a Saturday or any other day off but my hairdresser is taking off this Saturday and I needed to get a haircut! I helped it along a few weeks ago because I couldn’t stand my bangs anymore but wanted the perfect moment to get my cut so it looks good while I am on vacation. Let’s see how it goes!
When is the vacation again? Soon I know.
Your hair must grow super fast. I feel like mine stops growing after a certain length.
I leave on the 17th and come back on the 27th.
My hair mist have champion growth hormones because it grows quickly!
I haven’t had my hair cut since last September. I guess I’m due?
Oh my … this was me during the pandemic. I think I lasted 15 months without a haircut which is quite a long time for me – don’t ask how I survived!
Bois des Iles is one of my latest loves… you smell great!!
I’ve moved schedules to work around my hairstylist’s calendar before as I am always loyal to her. Gotta look good for those vacation photos!
Ha! I’ve been going to the same one for many years!
Love BdI. I have pretty short hair and usually go every 4 weeks for a haircut. This time will be 6 because I had to go out of town, but I had her cut it a little shorter than normal so I could stand to wait.
I keep my hair pretty short too but I always k ow when it’s time for a haircut once the bottom of my hair starts curling out. It usually takes 5 weeks which isn’t that long but I’ve eked out 7 weeks but had to cut my bangs before then.
Good morning.
Last week when I found out the bad news I felt deeply saddened… I am so sorry for the loss of You Robin, and Your Son. I am sending You blessings from the bottom of my heart…
I really didn’t know what to even say all this time… Very sorry once again.
A very belated thank you, and hey, nobody knows what to say, including me. Saying anything is a comfort 🙂
For my SotD I put on Myrrhiad and love the beautiful black tea heart of it.
All these days since the swap has happened I had been wearing Tea for Two or Mandarine Mandarin. Never tire of them. It was the most successful swap I have ever had. Not that I had been swapping recently – mostly about 18 years ago on makeupalley. But this time I was very specific and love every single gem I received through this swap. Thank You very much to the people who swapped with me and nowsmellthis as a whole that allowed for this awesome swap to happen!!