It's the last Monday in January, and there are 50 more days of winter to go. Birthdays: Edward Abbey, Anton Chekhov, Thomas Paine, Oprah Winfrey. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m skipping straight ahead to spring, in L’Artisan Parfumeur Jacinthe des Bois.
Reminder: 2/2 is Groundhog Day...assemble some winter- and spring-appropriate samples in a bowl, and pick one at random, then tell us if spring will be early or late this year. (This is a repeat.)
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2024, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is April Showers [cropped] by Thomas at flickr; some rights reserved.
I finally confronted the boy. He didnt speak to me for last 3 weeks and I’ve been trying to meet him and talk every weekend of January. But yesterday we finally did, each of us shared their thoughts but basically I got dumped when he said he didnt develop feelings for me in these 5 months we were dating.
Darn, I really hate being single.
Iris Shot doesn’t help for my mood this time.
Confrontation is never nice so sending a hug and I hope you can find some quieter, happy moments in the weeks ahead.
Oh, dear. I hope that this encounter eventually brings some closure; he sounds awfully callous. You deserve so much more.
Yes, at least it was a closure.
Bon courage, you will find the right person one day – it certainly wasn’t him.
I’m glad you got to have the conversation — better to have that than be left wondering, I suppose. But, hugs.
I love your SOTD although I prefer Violet Shot. Glad you were able to meet up and find closure, albeit not a great one.
At least you aren’t getting strung along anymore. It still sucks big-time.
Seville a l’Aube Is what I grabbed from my sample bag today. I don’t like it, and I like most of the L’Artisan scents that I have tried.
I had exactly the same response when I had that perfume, and gave it away eventually.
Same here.
Same here.
I didn’t either… and I love orange blossom. I remember thinking: why this much wax?
That one was rather “Meh” on me, IIRC.
Put a bunch of samples in a bag and pulled out Kalimantan.
I will let others determine the outcome of that…
Went out last night to a burlesque show with some Moms. Sporting a spicy margarita hangover this morning.
Several cups of coffee and now I am ready to start my day after I listen to a bit of NPR
Sounds like a fun night, even if there was some suffering this morning! 😀
oh it was worth it! lol
Jealous! I love burlesque. Alas, I’d have to drive several hours to get to such a show. Just not happening.
Today I’m doing household chores in 1984-vintage Ted Lapidus Création, one of those quintessentially eighties chypres that always make me happy. If I had to wear nothing but vintage chypres for the rest of my days I’d be completely okay with that.
I used to have a mini of Creation, and I loved it. You smell great!
Same here, but in Courant by Helene Rubinstein! I’m with you on vintage chypres.
I will wear Creation later this week.
SOTD is Mitsouko.
Guerlain siblings! 😀
Yippee!
Never the wrong choice as far as I’m concerned.
Agreed😉
Hello.
Sotd is Nahema.
Sipping my mug of decaf cinnamon skimmed latte with stevia. I need to find somewhere to spend my saved up calories 😈
I really like Nahema. Actually, I gave my bottle away because I have so many rose scents, but it is beautiful.
Going straight to spring in Guerlain Apres l’Ondee. It’s one of my favorite spring scents!
Happy Monday! ☕️
That’s a good one. You smell wonderful!
Thank you, Kris!
Yes, perfect for spring!
Smelling beautiful!
Perfect spring choice!
Apres l’Ondee is so beautiful!
My SOTD is Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan, which feels like a spring scent (even though the osmanthus blooms in the fall…)
Anyway, I am here hoping for a short winter 😊
You and me both NinaV!
I’m in Tabac Blond EDP of unknown vintage. The decant is down to its last couple of drops and the juice has darkened and thickened to the point that it’s hard to distinguish from the extrait version. Yummy, and kind of fitting for the CP with its warm tobacco-leather for winter and its carnations for spring.
Haven’t worn this for a while. Thanks for the reminder! Will pull this out tomorrow. You smell great!
Thanks!
I used to have a wee dabber sample of Tabac Blond. (Maybe I still do?) Good stuff!
That’s a good list of birthdays. If they were all together on the couch on the Oprah Winfrey show I would probably watch . There’s a good film version of The Duel from about ten years ago with Andrew Scott in the main role of Laevsky and he captures it so well. It’s probably on Netflix in USA ( we only have Netflix lacklustre version here).
I have to go to hospital today…this will be with my third oncology specialist in three years. They keep losing doctors to retirement and Australia ( double the salary ) and they can’t replace them as there are better places to work. We have a medical school here but now the oncology dept. is so depleted they have lost accreditation and can no longer train registrars in oncology ( who used to take care of post-treatment patients like me) as there are not enough specialist supervisors, so the work load is taken up by locums. First world (!!!!) problems! Wearing Ginger Biscuit at the moment but it’s not yet dawn so will be scentless later.
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-18-la-et-duel-20100618-story.html
Just a review if anyone’s interested, of the Duel
Thank you for this, I’m going to try to find it to watch!
I hope all goes well at the hospital today.
It may be a first world problem, but it’s still a difficult situation regarding the oncology specialists. Hope it goes very well today.
I hope it goes well and that you meet up with one who will stay there!
Hope all goes well!
Oh, sorry about the specialists, and I feel you — we don’t even have water separating us from the higher salaries (that said, I’m not sure every doctor wants to go deal with the headaches of the U.S. system even if it pays much better). But we do have shortages of doctors here. I hope all goes well!
Hope you will get a good locum and that everything will go well.
Hoping you found a nice doctor at your appointment and that everything was okay!
Hope that your “hospital run” went well today.
Yikes, that doesn’t sound good for the health care system at all. I’d think there might be American doctors who would move to NZ if they could get help paying off their school loan debt. I very much hope all goes well for you, kanuka!
I’m in Chergui today which is generally a cool weather fragrance for me, despite the fact that Seattle is unseasonably warm for a couple of days.
Question for everyone: if Fragrancenet shows a perfume in an older style bottle, can I assume that’s the bottle I would get or is that just a photo example and the perfume I would receive might be the latest version?
I’ve found that fragrance net has been true to their photos.
Thanks, lillyjo. I realize there are no guarantees, but am curious to hear the board’s experiences with this.
Maybe, but I wouldn’t count on it. However, they were very efficient processing my return last year so if you don’t get what you want, you can send it back.
Right, thanks.
I’d guess you are 90%+ likely to get what you see, and in fact they sometimes note “new packaging.” If there’s been a change, and they show “photo coming soon” I’d guess new packaging.
Thanks. These responses are helpful.
It’s been a while since I’ve ordered anything from FragranceNet. But usually what I saw in the picture was what I received.
Thank you!
Slept 10 hours.
Episode 3 of True Detective watched last night.
Warm here for a few days then more rain.
Post shower TF Rive d’Ambre from a tiny bottle.
Oh, I’ve loved that series, although I don’t think any of them can beat the first series with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. Tiny bottles are the best! 😀
I would agree with you and we actually rewatched that season with our daughters in preparation for this season. That swirl symbol is making another appearance, I’m curious to see where it’s gonna go. Jodi Foster is amazing (of course) and the overall creep/unsettling factor is giving that first season a run for its money. The fact that it’s set in Alaska during the time of no sun is only adding to the scariness.
I need to re-watch the first season, too. I no longer remember it, even the ending!
so creepy. The cast is great.
When we were finished working in Iran, my then husband was offered Alaska or Khartoum.
Luckily we ended up in Athens! OPA!!
That first season was something, Deva!
We are watching too! I think it’s so good!
Another fan of True Detective. I’m always late to good shows, but finally saw the first season not too long ago. It was so good!
This season is great too! I agree, Jodie Foster is fantastic in it.
I just spent way too long on the phone with direct TV. Issue still isn’t fixed.
I need to use up some Fall BBW products. I used my Apple honey body products and matched them with La Danza Delle…. can’t ever remember the spelling. Now back to customer service calls.
Ugggghhhh. Sending you strength💪, and sunshine!!🌞🌞
Hope the issue can be resolved this time.
I hope your tv issue is fixed by now!
I so hate trying to fix issues! I tried DirectTV at one point and had to get approval from the association because it’s considered an addition to the deck. Anyway, I ended up keeping it for a few months because once the vegetation started coming up, the quality became farkakte. I was charged an early termination fee which took me some time to resolve but I got the $$$s back.
Customer service calls are so draining. Hate them too!
SOTD Il Profumo Chocolat. Thunk!
Last night before bed Il Profumo Vanille Bourbon & PdE Iksander. Thunk, thunk!
Beautiful sunny morning. Slept late because I was binge watching The Valhalla Murders, which was okay but predictable. I like the almost black and white style of the film as it was filmed in a cold country in winter.
Monday. One more week of freedom. I was trying hard to find something that would make me throw in the towel…I came close when the credentialing person was harassing me daily with emails about online work I couldn’t do (no password) and I finally emailed her back and said point blank, “If you need to delay start date or cancel this contract that’s fine. The online work will be late.” Since then, crickets…🙃
lol, chirp chirp. Sometimes the direct approach is the best approach, good for you!
Especially since this is the person who didn’t get my temporary password so I could access my account in the first place…🙄
Oh, enjoy your last week Deva! How long is the actual contract?
13 long, long, long weeks…🫠
Fingers crossed for wonderful job, wonderful co-workers, wonderful admin…13 weeks fly by.
(Hope springs eternal)
The good news is I’ve done two contracts at this facility previously so I know what to expect. The bad news is I know what to expect. 🤣
Aha. Well then, will keep fingers crossed that they’ve miraculously improved!
We have a light layer of super-wet snow from last night, and no sun predicted until the weekend. Blech.
Commando so far; I should prep a sample bag for this week’s CP. think I’ll go for Borneo 1834 (Team Winter, given today’s weather).
Ugh, blech is right!
Mmm, today’s image is a reminder that it’s almost time for Jacinthe de Saphir! Day 2 of unseasonably warm weather here, and I’m anticipating spring in La Chasse Aux Papillons, and remembering just how much I love it (and how much I’m looking forward to the warm season!)
Great fragrance!
That one is so pretty.
Wearing Gloria Vanderbilt’s eponymous perfume, a drugstore classic that remains well-rounded and pretty with creamy powdery iris. It’s a bit of a cosmetics fragrance. I’m not one for splurging impulsively on expensive fragrances but these little $20 deals do get me, so it’s nice that this one turned out well.
Gosh, I should smell that again. I remember lots of friends wearing it back in the day.
I sprayed BDK Creme de Cuir this morning and thought, “Nope! Where is something else?” I can’t remember why I thought it would be a good idea to buy this…I will probably put it up for swap. I found some Shalimar MVP and sprayed over it and now I smell pretty good.
It’s a sunny morning here so I am taking my tiny chainsaw and chopping up the branches that fell during the recent ice/wind storm. I hate yard work.
A tiny chainsaw?
8 inch bar. I can run it with one hand!
Just don’t start juggling them. 😉
Juggling?? I’m just trying not to cut off any body parts 🙂
Is your chainsaw battery powered, by chance?
Yes. It’s so convenient when a tree limb is less than 3″ because I don’t have to haul out the big chainsaw.
I’m wearing Chanel 1932, Kanuka gave me a nearly full bottle last year, a lovely gift.
What a nice gift.
Very lovely! I love that one!
Wearing 4160 Tuesdays We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet. The story of my life. LOL.
lol, that is a fun name for a perfume. What are the notes?
It’s mostly a sandalwood scent, with something else called mitti attar which is apparently made from clay pots.
Love both the name of your SOTD and the notes you’ve provided!
Second day in Vol de Nuit edt, from a 2017 Bee Bottle and then a 1996 version. I am enjoying the dry down very much and am appreciating it overall more than I have before. I don’t detect a big difference between the two versions.
How interesting they don’t seem that different! I’m envious of your bee bottle. It’s a beautiful scent.
Glad that your 2 versions are close in scent.
Thanks, all the responses are helpful.
Oops- wrong location.
I’m skipping straight ahead to spring too in Beauty Pie’s She Brought Peonies. Well I was anyway, it’s faded by now.
The sun is back!🌞 I actually went for a lunch time walk for the first time in ages. My h gave me AirPod pros for my bday and this was the first lunch time walk I’ve been able to get in since then because it’s been so cold and cloudy. Spring must be coming!
Anyone else watching True Detective Night Country on (hbo) Max? Oooh, it’s scary!
YAY for the sun returning to your area!
The grab bag this morning turned up Tauer Zeta, so I guess we’re going for spring? (That said, the grab bag has something of a bias towards spring samples, I have to say.) It’s not raining (at the moment) and the atmospheric rivers have blown in warm temperatures, so it’s currently 14C. It’s…kind of like spring?
Feeling better today, with just a sore shoulder around where the vaccine went in. I had to work all day yesterday on something that’s been hanging over my head for too long, and fortunately this morning my manager said it was in good shape. I’m ready to have it off my plate — just a few loose ends to tie up today. I also finished and blocked a baby blanket for my new cousin over the weekend, so lots of longer-term projects wrapping up.
Apple, Clementine and yogurt smoothie
I’ve been in a rose mood, so Molton Brown Rosa Absolute, the budget version of POAL this morning, it’s fruity raspberry is quite addictive and tonight Rose Amazone, a flanker I really like which is not talked about much and possibly discontinued now.
MB Rosa Absolute seemed to be around for only a minute or two.
That’s my recollection too, Jalapeno. I tried looking for it, but pretty sure I wasn’t able to sample it.
I thought I saw it once at Nordie’s, but I was in a hurry and had other things on my mind.
Yes, I’m sorry it’s discontinued.
Yes, I am sorry, it wasn’t long in production and imho it was the best of the line. I am halfway through with my bottle but I have a backup.
I’m wearing Ex Nihilo Devil Tender. It’s a very soft rose-peach scent. The softness is part of the notes, which I find interesting and a bit mysterious. I think it’s partly the heliotrope and it also must be the note they call “suede.” Whatever it is, I find it beautiful and comforting. It leans more summery than either winter or spring, so doesn’t really fit the CP.
Inspired by pyramus’s love of 80s chypres, I’m in Nike de Saint Phalle.
Will prep my sample grab bag tonight. What a fun CP!
I have a bag of travel sized sprays ready 🙂
I grabbed OJ Ta’if from a bottle given to me by a very generous NSTer. Roses = spring!🌹🌹🌹
Very nice 🌹
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I’ll do the fun winter/spring sample pull on Friday but otherwise just doing some thunks or wearing whatever feels right the rest of the week. Today I’m in Himitsu by Regime des Fleurs, which is a sample thunk. I really like it and would be interested in a travel spray if they made those. Alas, I don’t need 75ml of it and certainly not for $240.
Big bottle, big price.
I spent the day in Belle Ame, a really nice iris by Antoine Lie. And for going to bed, a spray of Gourmand Coquin again. Iris, cacao and benzoin are carrying me through January.
I’m reading the book by one of the survivors from the Andes plane crash after watching the movie La sociedad de la nieve (Society of the snow). That story always fascinated me- how much we can resist in an extreme situation when there is determination, solidarity and hope. The latest movie is more than decent at capturing it (not so much the one done in the 2000).
Iris, cacao and benzoin sounds like a good way to while away the winter.
I’m in Yardley Iris today. It’s a pretty good match to the warmer weather we’re having as it wears a like a body spray on me.
I’ve got a few samples lined up for the week. Great CP!
Glad it is fun 🙂
SOTD = 4160 Tuesdays We’re Not Out of the Woods Yet EDP
Nice! So well-blended I couldn’t tease out the notes other than the dry-down which I perceived to be musky patchouli.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tAvwTxjqM/?igsh=NW1zdG8wN280a3p5
And peeps, I finally got the red velvet(een) pouch! It is luxurious and beautiful! The gold dragon is embroidered, not some decal that got sewn on!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2tB8HnR8C_/?igsh=d2dkcGhqdG1uM2Jq
OMG, that pouch is GORGEOUS!
Very nice!
I’m glad it came – kudos to EL customer service. It is lovely!
Productive day today! Got rid of my golf clubs for a bit of cash, then had to get both gas for the car and groceries for me. I was reminded why I am staying home so often.
SOTD = my usual. Commando with a bit of Boyfriend Body Creme on my shins. I will not thunk it by the end of January, so continuing into February.
You are reminding me of Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess body creme…it was so highly scented you only needed a dab and then the jar lasts forever.
I’ve been mixing the Boyfriend Body Creme 1:1 with unscented lotion. It still packs quite the punch!
Excellent.
I’m in Bogue MEM, from a decant that looks like it came from hajusuuri. It’s probably one of the first split meets I participated in. Really a beautiful fragrance. ❤️
It’s been a while since I’ve seen someone mention Bogue MEM.
Speaking of spring and Jacinthe des Bois, hyacinth leaves are poking up in our garden already. Every year they sprout in late Jan., every year I worry they’ll be killed, every year they turn out alright.
I planted a new row of hyacinths last fall and was very surprised to see some leaves this week! Good to know it is normal.