It’s Hump Day and National Cranberry Relish Day. (Plus, Thanksgiving Eve aka Drinksgiving / Blackout Wednesday — be careful out there!) Birthdays: Abigail Adams, André Gide, Hoagy Carmichael and Billie Jean King. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm doing pre-Thanksgiving chores in an old-but-not-quite-forgotten friend, Comme des Garçons Kyoto, and sending gratitude to the very kind reader who sent me some. (And I'm taking community project points since I've been waiting for eons for Comme des Garçons to do travel sizes.)
Reminder: on 11/24, pick your Black Friday poison: wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it's too expensive. (We've done this project several times.)
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 Delicata Squash [cropped] by Under the same moon.. at flickr; some rights reserved.
SOTD..the queen…
I am in Shalimar Ode a la Vanille Sur la route de Madagascar
This is my favorite of all the flankers-and it’s very expensive.
Shera-I am still lemming over that cheap bottle of Encens Mythique you found online. Maybe I will pull the trigger..
DO
IT
😈😈
Do it!
Dooo it!!
Do it😊
Wait till tomorrow, or Fri – they’re having a black friday thing 🙂
If you do a google search on the perfume name + buy, Fragrancenet.com will come up with the Black Friday price, which is 40% off.
But I’m not seeing the $103 price there. Perfumeonline.ca seems to be the closest at $102.77.
Go for it! You’ve been pining for that particular Guerlain for a while now.
I am wearing Guerlain Tobacco Honey from a sample.
Very interesting article about Gatekeeping your perfume. That is the reason why i always feel a little shy to ask the perfume of a stranger. The other day there was this lady who came to the clinic, she was wearing an amazing clean musky perfume, couldn’t ask!!
I rarely ask strangers their perfumes but if I smell something nice that I know, I will complement. My most recent was a lady wearing Alien. It suited her so well I just had to tell her.
Love your scent of the day!
I would love to sample this one, I bet you smell yummy!
FWIW, I always ask. But first, I compliment. 😉 What’s the worst they could do? I’ve found that most people are pleased to hear that they smell good.
Before it got cold here, I happened to be walking down the sidewalk behind a young man who smelled so gorgeous! After I told him so, I asked him what it was. Answer: MM Replica Coffee Break. Which did not smell as good on me by a long shot. Confession time: we were walking in the same direction for a while, and I surreptitiously continue to walk in his wake to enjoy it. 😂
Haha – I’ve done that before (walking surreptitiously in the wake…)
I am not familiar with your scent, but I love a good tobacco with honey/vanilla/amber etc. I bet you smell great.
Hello.
Also in Guerlain here. Shalimar MI.
I still cannot get over how delicious this smells with the Prada Candy-type caramel.
I have been playing Christmas albums already. I know it’s kinda early but the mood is already here! Maybe it’s from all those Christmas shopping emails.
House twins
👋😀
Scent twins. It’s great isn’t it? My second BUB is arriving today.
Second bub! I have actually been thinking about that too…
I used to say I never buy bubs at all, but since saying that I have gotten Shalimar MI, No 5 L’Eau and FM Iris Poudre. Thinking about doing it with Dusita Splendiris as well as they have a huge sale on it at fragrancebuyca. And no, I am not affiliated with them.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Excellent!
PSA: I am not buying perfume this Black Friday, but if anyone is shopping for themselves or for gifts Saks Fifth Avenue has 15% off beauty which includes perfumes and candles plus get a $75 gift card when you spend $150, starting now with code HELLOBFSF. This includes brands like Diptyque perfumes and candles, Bond, Creed, MFK, Vilhelm, Byredo, Tom Ford, Parfums de Marly, etc.. Le Labo isn’t on sale though. The 15% off plus getting a $75 gift card is tempting, but I’ll abstain this time.
Are you sure? 1/3 off is pretty good!
Saks just released Fève Gourmande for sale today too.
Neiman Marcus has a sale on now but it’s not that great: you get $50 if you spend $250 and it increases stepwise according to amount of purchase. I was contemplating Parfums de Marly Valaya which I love, but it’s $355 and so still would be over $300 with the discount and that’s still too steep for me.
That’s less good than what they were offering last week. I pulled the trigger on the NM advent calendar, which was $155, and they were offering a $50 gift card on purchases of $200 and over, as well as a little bag with samples on purchases of $150 or over, so I found something I liked for $50, figuring it is effectively free. I wish I wanted something from Saks, but I don’t right now. I did take advantage of Ormonde Jayne’s sale, and got DH a nice big bottle of Ormonde Man for whenever he needs to fill in a gap in his ‘fume cabinet. That will make four bottles in reserve, so I don’t need to shop for perfume for him for a while.
There is an additional 10% cash back given at the cash back site starting with “R” today.
I’m wearing ELDO Rien, which considering how strong and long lasting it is, is a true bargain.
I’m in the train to Berlin, meeting with a friend and revisiting a city I saw when it was still two cities.
Oh wonderful, enjoy the trip. Berlin is very different now!
I hope you have a good time revisiting the city and meeting your friend. I bet you notice some changes!
Oh how cool, enjoy!
Enjoy your trip! Sounds awesome.
Oh how cool! Safe travels.
Hubby told me to open my Christmas present since his came early too
Cristalle EDT
OMG!!! Time Machine!
I wore this 1977- 1984 as a somewhat signature scent ( I deviated and wasn’t faithful 😂)
Current formulation is close enough to make me cry
I’ve had vintage in the past but because top notes are always the first to degrade it never smelled the same as I remember.
Well this one does!!!!!
Lillyjo, if you are reading this give me your email because I want to send you some things!! Now that I have the EDT 😺
I am gm raz oog ( no spaces) in the land of the yahoo’s.
I’m so happy to hear the new version is up to your standards! And lol at your deviation!🤣
I’m emailing you now!!
Yay, enjoy!!
😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Lucky you!
I’m thrilled beyond belief!! And also relieved that Chanel didn’t turn it into an exclusive the way they did with my beloved no 22 which I used to buy at my local Macys for $37.50 for a 50 ml refill and now costs $300 for75 ml!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I know. It’s crazy what they charge for the exclusives. I did get 31 RC when it was in EdT and it was not quite so much. Of course, that was many years ago.
Yes the prices have gone up exponentially. I’ve read numerous articles that many of the luxury items are not selling well including fragrances due to the state of the economy.
Yay for Cristalle edt, happy for you it sends you down Memory Lane.
It’s been out of stock for FOREVER! And my fear was that they’d bring it back as an exclusive!!
Nice, good job Mr. Chocolatemarzipan8.
He’s a gem 💎
Yay you! And well done, Mr. CM8!
Thanks !! It’s really good! And great longevity!!
How wonderful! I loved Cristalle EDT and wore it constantly starting around 2005-06. It had been a blind buy, based 100% on the NST post!
I guess I’m accidentally on point for the CP, in 80s-era Vol de Nuit EDT. It was a relatively inexpensive find at an online reseller (sadly no longer in business) who was very reliable and knowledgeable, both about vintage perfumes and about their worth. I miss her.
I have never smelled this one..
Oh, what a beautiful perfume. I wish I was standing nearby…
You smell superb!
I am testing Berdoues Hoja de Cuba, which is nice but a bit too simple – dry sweet tobacco, slightly fruity.
Today I finally finished my second coding class. I started last year, but then took a break from it because of work and other things.
I submitted my app and got a certificate in web development. Yay! My main regret is that I made C/F conversion only for the current weather, not for the 5-day forecast. It is just too advanced, and we were not taught how to do it. Maybe I will get some help and update the app later, but the whole C/F conversion is optional anyway.
I added another extra – a changing background image. Ok, AI helped me with this piece (wrote the code snippet I needed and explained it), but still. It is currently set to fall, but on December 1 it should change to winter.
Whew. Will this help me earn $ or in other practical ways? Hard to say. But it sure gave me a sense of achievement.
The app is here, if you are curious – https://olga-weather.netlify.app/
Note that it takes some seconds to load weather data, and the time shown is not the current time, but the time when the latest forecast was fetched.
👏👏👏 Congratulations!
On a somewhat related note, what do you think of ChatGPT?
Thanks!
I use it often. It provides information on different subjects, explains difficult places in source texts during translation. Sometimes I ask for its help with writing emails, if I get stuck or feel tired. It makes mistakes, but I still find it helpful.
Good for you Glannys!
That is so cool! So basically you’ve learned another entirely new language…how many do you know now? 654?! So impressed by this because I speak only one language, and I’m pretty shoddy at it. 😂
I’m fluent only in three – English, Russian and Ukrianian. 😁
The beauty of coding is that you do not have to remember everything – you can look up stuff. And it is both like and unlike learning a human language.
Your English is not shoddy based on your posts here! And don’t you speak dog, too? 🤣
Congratulations! I tried out your app and put in Riyadh for the city and it came up right away, and I converted it to F and got 67! So it worked like a charm. Good for you, I’m impressed.
Thank you! I envy your weather! The app indeed converts the current temperature, but not the 5-day forecast temperatures – that’s trickier.
If you are comfortable sharing your location, you can also try the blue/orange button. It detects your location and displays the weather for it automatically – you do not need to enter the name of the city then. I believe it works in the same way as on other websites with geolocation – when, for example, a website finds the store nearest to you. The app asks you to give access to your location when you click on the button, but only once, I think.
Congratulations. What a genius…totally beyond me.
Thank you! I think if someone is a genius, it’s the instructor. Good step by step explanations.
Congratulations on a huge achievement!
What an achievement, well done.
That’s wonderful news Glannys, go you!
Congratulations! I hope the certificate leads to more good options for you
Congratulations, Glannys! I happen to love anything weather-related.
Congratulations to you 🎉
Congratulations! ✨🎊🎉
SOTE last night was on point for the CP, and I’m still smelling it: Jubilation 25 Woman. I’ve had it on my list to buy for over a decade, but can never quite justify the cost since I have a decant and really the tiniest spray lasts forever. I don’t wear it that often, because it is quite strong, but I’ve been remembering over the last 12 hours how much I do love it.
Look at either Beautyencounter or Fragrancenet. Why pay full price? Both should be running a Thanksgiving sale.
You are a bad bad bad person. Enabling me to go look for some Amouage deals! Oooh!
If you find it and Jubilation XXV is dirt cheap, do let me know 🙂
What qualifies as dirt cheap? 🙂
Ha…I am a true cheapskate and I see that it is currently $360 for 100 ml and that appears to be the smallest bottle. I would like 30 ml for about $100 or less. Not likely, right?
I have also bought off of fragrance net and found good deals
Oooh, evil. 🙂 I have a couple that are higher on my list…should encourage the spouse to look at the discount sites.
J25 Woman is a beauty!
A sample of Black Opium Le Parfum came with my Sephora order, so that’s my SOTD. It’s either quite light or my nose continues to not function properly. Whichever, it’s a pleasant vanilla.
It’s not very strong. It’s given me compliments out and about a few times though.
Hello all!
I’m compliant today in a perfume bottle I found yesterday at an antique shop by the sea. For only $14, I bought a nearly full bottle of Faun by Ravel. I didn’t know anything about it and there isn’t much online. But it’s a strong vintage woody scent, thick with cedar, and what smells like a touch of civet in the base.
Have a great day everyone!
I just love it when you stumble across your vintage finds!
Oh, thank you! I haven’t been looking as much but that one really caught my eye. The owner of the store said she has a huge inventory of little perfumes and I’m tempted to ask if she will let me take a look….
Ooh, please do check out her perfumes and report back. Here’s a nice write-up on Faun. https://thevintageperfumevault.blogspot.com/2009/05/lost-perfumes-faun-by-ravel.html
That sounds great!
It’s pretty fabulous. The ad is really something too.
Getting ready to bake pies, I’m wearing Memo Manoa, which I’m grateful to now have a backup bottle of thanks to a very kind NSTer in Italy. I can now spritz with abandon! (it’s discontinued)
I baked my first apple pie today!! Squirrel helped me lol 😸😻
Mila supervised me. She loves pie dough. 🙂
😂😂
It took me a minute to remember that Squirrel is one of your grandkitties.
😻😻
Wearing the remainder of last night’s Kiehls Musk, which I have dug out of my cabinet after not wearing it for ages, maybe years. So good!
I am being a domestic goddess today, doing necessary household chores that I’ve been putting off. It will be nice when it’s all done and I’ve had a shower, then I’ll join the Guerlain crowd in vintage Nahema.
PS love the picture of the delicata squash!
Yes, so do I. That’s an excellent sort of eating squash, too. This reminds me to buy one.
Perfect choices.
Vintage Nahema is one of my HG rose perfumes.
Mine too. What are your other favorites? 🌹
L’Arte de Gucci is another rose perfume unicorn.
For rose perfumes that I actually have, I enjoy Atelier Cologne’s Rose Anonyme. And I have a BUB of the original Agent Provocateur EdP. I am probably forgetting some perfumes, too.
I’m going with Zara Leather Jardin this morning. It’s a cheapish thrill and fits the cold morning.
Twins! I’m wracking (😁) my brain trying to remember who was the big enabler on that one. Do you remember?
Ockhekgem I think!
I think it was happy888cat
Going Cheap as Chips today in Queen by Queen Latifah courtesy of TJMaxx. It’s a 100ml bottle and was less than $10, IIRC.
Non-Perfume News:
I’m in the process of making my very first load of sourdough. It’s quite a small loaf because if I failed, which I have done so often in the past, I didn’t want to waste a bunch of flour. The problem for me has always been the starter. I failed miserably in my 20’s and thought I would fail again in 2023 because I never have the heat on at night unless there’s a chance of a freeze. So that means it’s usually in the 40’s overnight inside the camper. Yeast and bacteria are like “No Bueno, we’re going to sleep!”
So, I bought a small USB heating pad for the lower back and set the jars on it. Unfortunately, it has a safety that kicks in at the two hour time mark and shuts down, which I didn’t realize until I got it home. 🙄 Dang! That wouldn’t work for night time, which is when I needed it most.
So, I transferred the starter into a clean jam jar with a screw top lid and took it to bed with me. 🙃 It stays nice and toasty under the covers, between the dog and I it must be at least 80-85F. And guess what? It’s ALIVE! Many many CO2 bubbles, and then a consistent rise and fall! I feel like I’ve won the Pulitzer Prize! Anyway, the little loaf is in a warm spot doing its last rise before baking. Wish me luck! 🥖
Hope everyone who celebrates Thanksgiving tomorrow has a great day surrounded by friends and family, dogs and cats, or completely alone if that’s your jam! Cheers!
Good luck!!!!!!!! I love sourdough bread 🍞
That was an impressive fix you came up with! I hope the bread itself is great. I’m going to my best friend’s house for Thanksgiving, and she has many cats also, although a bit fewer than I do–“only” 10, ha ha!
The most cats we have ever had at one time was 7. It did seem like a bit much; not that we didn’t love them all, but it always felt as if we were neglecting someone. With only two people in our household, it’s hard to give enough attention to all seven. Three or four seems to be a good number. Right now we only have two.
How many do you have???? If it were up to my daughter we’d have 30 but right now we have 3 and they are not even mine technically.,,. Both of my daughters say they are my grandchildren from both of them lol
I have 11 but that is down from 14 because, sadly, I’ve lost three in the past year. However, as I’m getting older and thinking of downsizing, I need to make sure not to acquire any more cats.
Wow!!! God bless!! I’m thrilled you are giving them a wonderful home.😻🙏😻🖤🤎
And I’m sorry to hear that you’ve lost three. That’s very hard. I can’t imagine blued without our three amigos now. Do your 11 get along?
I’m so sorry about your losses. We lost two kitties (out of three) last year, within a couple of months of one another, and it hit us hard. Our one remaining kitty seemed so lost; he couldn’t figure out where his friends had gone to. We adopted one from a local shelter so we now have two. I’m thinking about adding a third, but probably no more than that.
I bet your loaf will turn out great this time.
Good thinking! We want a picture of the loaf.
Great thinking, Deva!
You smell great!
It seems like starter that is so carefully taken care of should be extra good. Like plants that are sung to. I have zero science to back this up.
Baking bread is probably the most challenging thing I have ever tried in the kitchen. Good luck!
SOTD is Shalimar MI.
Made pumpkin bars this morning for my granddaughter. Also, cooked up cranberries. More cooking tomorrow.
I adore cranberry sauce 🙂
I don’t think many do and some just like it from a can.
Pumpkin bars sound delicious. Lucky granddaughter😋
Well, she is only 7 and we only see her and her brother (5) a couple times/year so have to spoil them when we do get together😊
This has become your signature scent
I know.
How much of your original bottle is left?
Actually, quite a bit because I don’t need more than a few sprays. I am fortunate that most perfumes last fairly long on me.
Wearing Eau Premiere again today. Just wasn’t game for Infusion d’Iris today. Thinking about Jubilation 25 extrait for tomorrow or Theorema.
I will probably do Theorema 🙂
I am absolutely not cooking one thing for Thanksgiving. I’m going to my friend’s house and she has ordered the entire traditional dinner including green bean casserole from the local HEB store. All I’m going to take is Prosecco and vino! Yay! We plan to watch old movies on Youtube. At my recent conference I learned about Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director of the Golden Era films, and she sounded so interesting we’re going to find some of hers to watch on Youtube.
Today’s fragrance doesn’t fit the CP. I’m in Memo Lalibela, for no good reason except that I had a couple of Ethiopian Uber drivers in the past week when I was traveling (I went to Washington, D.C. for a conference), and one was talking to me about how old Christianity is there. So this reminded me of Lalibela and I’m smelling rather sweet but wonderful.
That’s a good enough reason for Lalibela! It must have been interesting conversation with the Ethiopian drivers. Very fun.
The other one was quite funny. He talked about the population explosion and the number of babies being born there. His comment was “They don’t sleep, they only make babies”!
Lol! Exhausting!
I am hosting, and I am not cooking a darned thing either. My entire prep will be putting out a nice cheese & pate board.
👍
This seems like how all holidays should be — those who clean should not have to cook 😂
Lucky you!
Well played!👏🏼
Excellent!
Started the day with a warm-up yoga then coffee. And now, the cooking begins. At least the prep does.
I’m in Guerlain Iris Torrefie because I love it and for cp points: I absolutely love it but I just can’t buy the big bottle. (I have a decant from a lovely NST perfumista.)
Yoga then cooking! I salute you since I am doing neither. I am cleaning the house though, that’s something!
That’s actually less fun in my book so I’m saluting you!
I know I have a purse spray of that and it is nowhere to be found, even after organizing the ‘fume collection. It either got lost permanently in the move or I’ll find it somewhere unexpected 3 years from now.
This loss has been bugging me ever since!
TL;DR: You smell great
Hope you find it. It’s so lovely.
You smell absolutely divine. Good luck on all of your prep and cooking!
Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving!
You smell great! I love that one
Thanks. It’s really great.
I have heard rumors of the discontinuation of Iris Torréfié. If I get confirmation I’ll post it on NST, in case you might want to spring for a small bottle.
Thank you! If it is being dced, I might have to reconsider.
I should unearth my sample of Iris Torrefie, but I have no idea where I stashed it.
Maybe you’ll come across it in Colorado!
It will probably show up sometime during packing. I have yet to stow my perfume samples; that will be “interesting”.
You may find several treasures. Hope so.
I’ve never seen delicata squash here, though it might be available somewhere ( maybe Gaynor knows it). I’m tempted to plant some in our veggie garden and see what happens, as I can order seeds. Might give it a go. I have been reading several Graham Greene books recently, novels and essays which has taken me from England to Cuba, Vietnam and Argentina and Sierra Leone. Such a range of locations ( “colonies”) …and there’s plenty more ( Mexico, Haiti, Liberia, Congo….). I was trying to think of a contemporary author ( not pulp thriller ) who has touched on as many places. Wearing Copper.
Is that the CdG Copper? What’s it like?
Yes. It has a fresh “ash tray “ smell ( galbanum) which is very cigarette ashy to begin, but then becomes more like a green amber scent, with a touch of sweetness and more rounded. I like it and have almost used up my bottle. It’s not a harsh scent but you definitely have to like galbanum.
I have never had delicata squash, but people were talking about it in the comments so I bought one this week. I always bought acorn or butternut. Going to cook mine tonight to have with leftover beef.
Serious Eats wants me to use a ruler to cut it so I guess I will…
https://www.seriouseats.com/roasted-delicata-squash-5209890
Hope you can find a ruler! Of course, I would need to convert to centimetres or maybe millimetres for more precise results. Have a lovely dinner.
That’s a very scientifically minded recipe! I’d describe delicate squash as being sort of halfway between the taste of acorn and butternut, and easier to cut than either. Hope yours is good!
I just cut mine in half, scooped out the guts, and roasted it cut side down. It takes longer that way, but if you want to stuff it, you can.
I used a tape measure! It was delicious, and I do see the point of the measurements because you get the perfect amount of browned edges + creamy middle. Quite nice.
Now I wonder if it is more delicious than other squash just because of this method. I usually just cut squash in half and bake it, like Jalapeno mentions above.
I think it might be a bit of Column A and a bit of Column B. A perfectly cooked Delicata squash has that awesome creamy texture that I haven’t encountered with any other winter squash. Plus all those tasty caramelized bits. 😋
Gotcha. Well, I do think it’s easier to find other kinds but I will buy these when I see them!
I think they are right with respect to butter. I tried butter and then another time olive oil. The butter was better.
Thanks!
We just got in a new artifact to NYPL from Sierra Leone and I have been reading up..so much to learn
Nice!
It’s from the Sande Society
No SOTD yet. Right now I’m baking bread, and after that I will make a pumpkin pie. I’m NOT making a Thanksgiving dinner; there are only two of us, we don’t have a family’s or friend’s house to go to, so we are going out to eat for dinner tomorrow to let someone else mess with all that. The bread is not sourdough, it is regular yeast bread, but from a very simple, easy recipe:
https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/no-knead-crusty-white-bread-recipe
The pie is just because we both love pumpkin pie.
I am the only person who likes pumpkin pie, so I am making one for myself. 🙂
We both like it, so it doesn’t last long around our house. The pie turned out well; I was going to wait and have it for dessert after dinner, but I got impatient and had a slice of it already with Chantilly cream. I used some of the bread to make a BLT for lunch, and will use some more of it to make garlic bread to go with our dinner. I’m starting to rediscover my enjoyment of cooking now that I am not having to face doing it when I am already tired from a full day of work.
Cooking after a full day of work is just another chore, sadly.
I’m wearing Mitsouko vintage cologne with a dab of the parfum, which would typically be quite expensive but I found it at a flea market for under $15.
Wow, what a great find! You smell sophisticated.
house twins
Incredible find! Go you!
I’m in Le Lion, to deviate from my love of Coromandel.
I hope everyone who celebrates it has a great Thanksgiving 🙂
I love Le Lion 🙂
Kayali Wedding Silk Santal 36 from a little decant. For me it’s a sweet, almost powdery vanilla with a touch of plastic and that scratchy musk that isn’t my favorite.
Happy Wednesday and hope everyone’s turkeys defrost on time! I think mine is sadly behind the 8 ball.
Mine too.
I know at least once my mom had to put it in the sink with hot water to make it on time. Crossing fingers for you and lillyjo!
Thanks! Pretty sure I am going to be waking up early to do just that!
If you run a light stream of cold water on your turkey overnight, it should be defrosted by tomorrow morning. Just make very sure that the water has a way to drain out of the sink.
Good morning! I’m once again days behind on NST – I’ll catch up on your news and perfumes in the weekend. Meanwhile, I’m wearing my most recent purchase, L’Or de Louis.
Points in advance 🙂
Guerlain Champs Elysee EDP and a cup of Himalayan Spice Tea.
Sounds like a good mix.
I am twins with allo today in a cheap thrill, Zara Leather Jardin. What I came back to post, however, is a plug for the author Elizabeth George Speare, whose birthday Robin posted yesterday. She wrote The Witch of Blackbird Pond, one of my favorite novels ever, even though it’s written for a YA audience. At 12 or 13, I read it for the first time. It has come to mind every now and then after all these years, so I read it again recently. Still excellent!
I’m off to smell the Leather Jardin tomorrow!
Good for you! Let us know your thoughts on it.
Oh I remember that book, AnnE. I loved it, too. Adding to my library list. Thanks for the reminder!
My pleasure!
Oh, I loved that book when I was a kid! Haven’t read it since, though.
It held up surprisingly well to an adult re-reading.
Never heard of that book until today. I guess I’ve been missing out!
Look at it this way: you have a treat in store for you. 😉
Commando ATM. Just got back from picking up wine and the turkey (half a turkey, in fact) for tomorrow. Have to continue grading essays, but will also make the cranberry sauce this afternoon, plus some cookies to take to drinks with friends this evening. I bought our T-giving dessert for the first time in my adult life. A colleague’s son was selling pies as a fundraiser, they had a kind that I love but won’t make at home, and it seemed like a reasonable solution. What’s great is that the frozen pie is pre-sliced, so I don’t need to to thaw the whole thing if it’s only two or three of us for dinner tomorrow (numbers remain uncertain, but small).
Will wear something rich and comforting this evening. Probably Borneo 1834.
Love the pre-sliced frozen pie concept.
Banana, pears and yogurt smoothie
Tomorrow is not a holiday on this side of the pond but I will cook sweet potatoes and I’m enjoying reading about what everyone is preparing. Today I was wearing Jean Patou 1000 EDP, this year I got a vintage EDT which smells great but the modern EDP is good. Tonight it’s Hanae Mori ‘Butterflies’ EDP, a cheapie I remain fond of, so fond I have it in Parfum concentration too.
The vintage EdT of Patou 1000 is something special, definitely.
Yes, I was so pleased to get it, very pristine juice, it was sold by a perfume shop which had several bottles to offload, so price was great.
Score!
You and Coumarin have the magic touch!
I’m in a little cocktail of Rose Flash and Kiehl’s Musk Oil today, the former for the joyfulness and the latter for the cozy.
Rose Flash is so good. I managed to get the Rose and Vanilla Flashes, but missed out on a couple others that looked promising. I’ll have to try the Kiehl’s you mentioned.
I’m in Akro Bake today, thanks to hajusuuri’s split. It is like a refined version of the J.R. Watkins Lemon hand cream, which is high praise in my book! I have some baking of my own that I need to do tonight.
I’m sipping F&M Afternoon Tea today.
I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
I’m in 27 87 perfumes’ Rule of 72.Nicely done although nothing really novel(Rose,Oud,Patchouli…).
Question!Anyone try or have any of the Chris Collins perfumes?New to my Skins Cosmetics and many sound really really good!($$$$!!)
I tried the African Rooibos, it started off strange but the drydown was nice.
Sephora carries it online but not in store, so I am no help.
Saying hello though 👋
I really like African Rooibos, and I recollect several of the other scents being good, though I haven’t sniffed them in a while. I did a zoom sniffing session with him in early COVID days, organized by Tigerlily (now Ministry of Scent). I can send you samples if you’re in CONUS.
I’m in a cheap thrill today with B&BW White Tea & Ginger, which I got for $3.95 over the summer during their semi annual sale. I used to wear this during college in the early 2000s so I got some little memory flashes when I sprayed it this morning. I also found it’s a good affordable substitute for Neroli Outrenoir. They’re quite similar, but NO has more depth and richness, of course.
In book talk, I just finished a really great mystery/thriller by Lisa Jewell called The Night She Disappeared. It was a real page turner with characters that I really cared about. Also, it’s the first of hers I’ve read and I plan to read her other mysteries.
So a question, what the best mystery/thriller that you’ve read recently? I’m looking for more to devour this winter.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/michael-bennett/better-the-blood/
This is set in Auckland, NZ, and the crime is set against colonisation with a strong Maori thread through it. So, it’s an interesting perspective on typical crime stories.
The Australians Peter Temple ( Broken Shore), Jane Harper ( The Dry) and Chris Hammer ( Peace) are all good if you want to head Down Under.
Peace is by Garry Disher, sorry. Another Australian. Chris Hammer is Scrublands.
Thanks for these. I will check them out. I did read and enjoy The Dry, so I should pick up more by Jane Harper. Have you read the next two of her Aaron Falk books? I was curious if there as good as The Dry.
Oh, thrillers are my favorite genre so I could list books all day. It may be better if I just tell you some of the best thriller authors. Lisa Jewell has plenty more so you can pick up more by her. Freida McFadden is very popular now and her books are a fast read. Other thriller authors I enjoy are; Shari Lapena, Ruth Ware, Linwood Barclay, Liv Constantine, Kate White and Sally Hepworth. These authors all have multiple books that are great! Try a few and see.
Thanks, Kris! I know some of my coworkers like Freida McFadden too. I already do like Ruth Ware and have read most of hers except the two most recent, and it looks like my local library branch has The It Girl available so I may just go pick that up. I’ve heard of Shari Lapena but not the others so will investigate further. 😀
I really liked The It Girl.
Oh, good. I just picked it up from the library an hour or so ago. I also grabbed The Guest by Emma Cline. Have you read that one? I liked her The Girls.
I just bought The Guest a week ago. Lovestosmellgood said it was good.
SOTD = Lush Let the Good Times Roll Body Spray
Woot! Buttered popcorn drizzled with caramel, a little bit goes a long way! With the CP for cheap thrills at under $0.22 per mL.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz9hMZAx3at/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
In other news, I thought I was doing a good job of controlling my emails but alas, it seems that every morning there’s 40+ emails waiting to be downloaded!
For Thanksgiving, I am bringing dessert which I am buying from Wegmans. I will decide what to get once I get there around 11AM.
Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate!
I just ordered a split of the Sticky Dates spray. Yours sounds yummy too!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I’m getting carpet bombed with emails too. Most of them are multiples from merchants hawking Black Friday specials.
Happy Thanksgiving! We are doing a potluck at work and will definitely be buying something. I might copy whatever you pick up.
Oh shoot, I also wanted to see if anyone has any perfume loves from LVNEA? They’re doing 20% off through next Monday and I think I’ll buy a sample of their Pêche Obscène and was also considering a sample set or something else…
Didn’t get around to commenting yesterday. Wore Cabochard for the 3 hour drive to my parents. That hits the “cheap thrill” brief of the CP. I recently blind bought a bottle based on comments here (plus so many of the “reminds me of” are things I have and love). A winner!
Today I’m in spiriteuse double vanille, from a dabber. In the “Do I dare an FB at that price? How much do I love thee?” category. I don’t think this is discontinued? But also doesn’t seem to be carried a lot of places. Shout if you see a BF sale for this
It’s not discontinued. You can buy it right now at Saks NYC for 15% off.
Sadly I can’t find this one on the Saks site right now. Bummer!! Thanks for the tip, tho. I may pick up something else during this Saks sale
It’s not on the website, you have to call the store. Call Jason Beers at 917-4282453 or text 646-320-2637.
Amazing! Thank you!
I decided to make gingerbread today, ran to the store to get eggs (the ones in my refrigerator were dated 09 June!) and what a zoo it was! I thought I would beat the rush but everyone else seemed to have the same idea. I am home now and wearing Irisss, not a cheap thrill at all.
I refuse to go to the grocery store on the day before Thanksgiving. I am planning to go on Friday, which should be one of the slowest grocery shopping days of the year.
So do I. And after I’d gone to Kroger yesterday just to buy things I’d need to eat for the weekend, my friend who invited me over for dinner tomorrow e-mailed to ask me could I please bring a dessert, she didn’t buy anything. Ugh. I scoured my cupboard and found I had an extra can of pumpkin on hand and now I’ve found a recipe that sounds good for pumpkin cookies, and I feel excited to make them! (I don’t have stuff on hand to make a pie.) The only catch is that they have cream cheese frosting, and although I have whipped cream cheese on hand I have no block. I will improvise! Also, my baking powder says best before June 2023….. we’ll just have to go with the flow on that. I’ll report back in later. I actually feel kind of happy to have something to cook.
Just proof the baking powder to check. All you need to do is put a little bit of it in a cup of hot water. If it fizzes, it is good to use.
Good to know this about baking powder!
Me too, but then I always go Friday.
Traveled today and wore Carpathian Oud
From Soivohle?
Yes. I really love this one but don’t wear it often
I had a sample of that one and enjoyed it. I think it has been d/c’ed, though.
I’m CP compliant with Heure Exquise. I was given a sample by a thoughtful NST enabler and then went on the hunt. Last week I found a vintage FB 80’s era for $38. Was nervous it would have gone off because some AG perfumes are notorious for their short lives, but took the risk and it is gorgeous.
As for the upcoming holiday, well, Sr. Spiderplant tested positive for the viral scourge late this morning. We appear to have fully dodged it for almost 4 years, yet here we are. Got the key scrip filled immediately via tele-medicine and all is well so far. So he’s holed up in his his home office with supplies galore and an air mattress. Just asked me to bring him his guitar pedal 😀 Hoping my own luck will hold…
Oh how awful! Poor timing. Crossing fingers for you.
Thank you – all crossed fingers welcome! (Fortunately we didn’t have big holiday plans other than a vaguely festive dinner for 2 at home.)
Oh no! Hope that Sr. Spiderplant’s symptoms remain mild, and that you avoid it entirely!
Heure Exquise is gorgeous.
Thank you!
Yes, it really is…
Crossing my fingers for you and get well wishes for Sr. Spiderplant!
Thank you!
May the force be with you. Hoping his symptoms are mild
Thank you!
So sorry spiderplant! Hope it is quick and mild.
Thank you!
You had excellent luck with your Heure Exquise hunt! Adding more crossed fingers for Mr. Spiderplant and you. 🤞🏻🤞🏻 I call this version of it The Stealth Bomb because it’s so easily communicable and hard to tell at first that you have it. I had it way last July, but it was mild. Hope it passes quickly!
Yes, it was a great find.
And thank you!
Poor him! Hope it’ll avoids you and that Sr Spiderplant has a mild case.
Thank you! So far so good…
SOTE is Kiehl’s Original Musk Oil, which qualifies as a cheap thrill. Tomorrow I will probably go to opposite way/
A classic cheap thrill.
Had an inspection by my local fire department this afternoon, which is a requirement for sale in my area. I found out that the fire extinguishers I have are too small. So those are getting upgraded. Everything else was OK.
I will be bringing potent potables to my Thanksgiving dinners. Yes, plural. One will be served sparkling hard cider, and the other will be beer. Since I don’t have the beer here at Casa de Jalapeno, that means I will be braving the store on Black Friday. Or maybe Saturday morning.
If anyone here has been longing for a Bruno Fazzolari/Fzotic perfume, but didn’t want a full bottle, he is offering travel sizes of ALL of them for a couple of days. I may or may not have grabbed a couple…
SOTD = commando, except for Korres Grecian Gardenia body butter in the usual spots.
You enabler you! Enjoy your Thanksgivings!
Heh, no enabler pins for me just yet.
Congrats on the successful inspection. One more thing checked off the list.
Yep!
Glad we updated the smoke detectors last week.
So glad you have plans. Cider seems made for Thanksgiving and wishing short queues for the beer.
Thank you Aurora! The hard cider was brewed by a microbrewery in South Jersey a few towns over.
Good luck on the Beer run!
I hope it’s a great Friend’s giving!
Thanks! I’m hoping that everyone else in the area will be chasing Black Friday bargains at other stores, LOL!
This Friendsgiving will be non traditional as far as eats. It’s going to be a spaghetti dinner instead of turkey and the trimmings. Not a problem for me!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Happy Thanksgiving to you, too!
Enjoy your celebrations! The local ciders sound fantastic.
Thank you Gail! The passionfruit cider is especially tasty. Only one bottle, since it will be a very small table.
Wow, that sounds delicious.
Finally home after working all day. It seems people started Christmas shopping early. We were extremely busy. I don’t know about anyone else but I find online shopping more exhausting than in person shopping. There is just too much to look at and price compare.
I wore vintage Poison today. I am bringing out the potent stuff for the crowd’s!
You stink REALLY good today! Pretty sure that vintage Poison is still hanging out with you.
It is and I only did 2 sprays!
You smell great!!!
Thank you!
Smelling great, lillyjo!
Thanks Gail!
Quick note on asking people what perfume they’re wearing…I was testing some old things in the back of my closet and did one spray of Escada Collection and ran outside to shush our barking dog, only to find the very nice older elegant Russian Armenian lady who babysits a neighbor’s kid outside with the stroller. Said hi and she immediately asked what perfume I was wearing and complimented me.
I told her and said alas it was discontinued.
Oh, she said, my fave fragrance is also d/c. Sad face.
What is it?
Madame Rochas.
Well, I happened to have about 1/3 of a small vintage bottle in my collection so I offered to give it to her and said I’d just run up and get it.
Not today, she said.
Why ever not?
Because I must organize a gift for you too.
I respected that hers is a gift-giving culture, so we parted, and when I went back in to check my Madame Rochas, I was horrified to see it had all evaporated.
Now I had promised her something I could not give her.
So I went online and found a small vintage bottle for a very reasonable price.
It’s on its way to me, and once we exchange our ‘gifts,’ I will show her the magic that is ebay, etsy, etc and how she can now find gallons of Madame Rochas and not feel sad.
So I’m really glad she asked me!
What a great story! I can see it all in my mind’s eye. Thanks for sharing that, DeniseH. Wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!
That’s so nice!