It's Hump Day, the European Day of the Righteous and Day of the Dude. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm on vacation, and I'm terribly late, sorry! I'm also commando for a day of outdoor activities.
Reminder: 3/8 is International Women's Day... do what you like with the theme. Wear a perfume in honor of a woman who is important in your life or an important female historical figure, or wear a perfume by a female perfumer, or ? Suggested by Kanuka.
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 Styling in those Bowling Shoes [cropped] by Alan Levine at flickr; some rights reserved.
Robin, I hope you have a great day outside!
I’m planning to wear Olivia Giacobetti fragrances for the rest of the week. Today it’s the beautiful Passage d’Enfer. What a piece of art!
You smell wonderful!
I always forget she did that one! It is truly one-of-a-kind.
Great fun, thank you!
OG is a great idea, I would join you if I had any with me. (And it is possible I will be commando for the rest of the week as it is)
Demeter Hot Fudge Sundae, the old one from the Jelly Belly collection (they moved it into their Classic line when I guess the contract expired). It’s supposedly smells like vanilla ice cream, cherries, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce, but in truth it just smells like the latter. I’ll take it, though! It’s really fun, rich and chocolatey with a dash of salt.
Oh I remember that one!
Day of the Dude! Last week I saw that Pendleton has reissued Dude’s sweater (original Westerly) at $269, def above his price range.
In Iris Cendre for a coolish but thankfully sunny day.
AND there are match socks! 🙂
Whoo, Pendleton is PRICEY!
Woah, that is WAY above his price range. That’s extra funny.
I hope your vacation is lovely.
Today I thunked my Fate 😂 (decant of Amouage Fate).
Glannys, it’s good to see you! And of course, you smell wonderful.
Glannys! It’s so good to see you! 🤩 And ditto ringthing- you smell wonderful. I’ve missed your posts and hope you are keeping safe and as well as possible. Big hugs to the Kora Kitty and to mom as well.
Glannys, you’re back! Reassuring to see you again. There are so many Amouage frags now that I can’t keep track! But I’m sure you smell wonderful.
I just asked about you the other day. So glad to see you back!
Thank you guys! And thank you, Diva, for letting me know I am missed.
We are okay, it’s just sometimes I don’t feel like posting. Looking forward to vanilla Friday and planning to wear a vanilla scent and commenting here every day next week. I hope other vanilla enthusiasts will join me.
Totally understand if you don’t want to post. No pressure! Just wanted to let you know we are all thinking of you and your family and wishing you the best.
💖💗
Wonderful to see you back.
Glad to see you posting, Glannys!
It is lovely, thanks Glannys, and so glad to see you!
In Amouage Beloved Woman.
Happy Wednesday! 🌻
You smell lovely! I regret not getting a bottle when I saw it for a decent price.
Thank you, Gail! Beloved is a very beautiful scent. The Amouage prices are outrageous. I am glad I have a decant that will last me for a long time.
Nice to see you wearing an Amouage you enjoy!
Thank you. Beloved is a great scent!
Please send good vibes my way today. I have a BIG audit today and a smaller audit tomorrow. Today’s is for a new program so there’s more risk. 😅Thankfully both are remote.
Debating what perfume to wear. I am leery of choosing something I like in case things go south so I don’t have that association. Now I am curious where the expression go south comes from… 🧐 Forever curious am I. Will update later w/ the perfume I choose.
Good luck, She-ra! I hope everything goes well! 🍀
Wishing you all the luck!
All the best to you, She-ra, sending positive vibes your way!
Good luck and stay confident (easier said than done, I know)!
Good luck, She-ra! I hope it’s an uneventful, smooth day for you!
Good luck! I hated audits as the auditor sometimes asked questions for which the answers are included in the materials already.
Good luck! 🍀
Good luck! 🍀🤞🏻👍🏻🍀
Good luck to you!
Sending you luck and good vibes!
I hope all goes well!
Good luck!
🍀
Good vibes – She ra!!
I can at least send luck your way for tomorrow! 🍀🍀
I hope it went well today. Not sure when you find out results, so sending 🍀🍀🍀
Have fun, Robin!
It’s nice to have a CP with lots of choices, I picked up Nicolai Patchouli Intense today. It’s become the signature scent of a friend of mine, she bought a bottle after I gave her a decant, so I don’t wear it very often anymore. I’ve missed it.
One of the dangers of giving away decants to IRL friends! Glad you got a chance to wear it today.
I’m following ringthing’s lead from the last couple days with DSH Inner Sanctum. I have the essence oil version in a rollerball bottle, which was all she was offering at the time my perfume bottle ran out years ago. This oil version goes a long way so I’m sure I’ll never actually finish this little bottle. Since we have cool temps still, this is hopefully my last wintery DSH of the season. I hope next time I wear her it’s a spring scent (though I do love Inner Sanctum)!
IMHO, just wear it whenever you feel like wearing it. I have to add this to my DSH list.
Well certainly, I just wear whatever I want whenever. But I find Inner Sanctum to feel perfectly cozy in chilly weather, so that feels most right for me. And switching to spring scents helps show my excitement when spring finally comes after a long-feeling winter. 😉
Today I’m in Costes, composed by the brilliant Olivia Giacobetti.
You smell like a great wellness spa!
That’s a lovely one.
You smell great!
I meant to add that the cream is wonderful too😊
After yesterday’s 70 degrees, it’s back into the 40’s. Wearing vintage Mitsouko edt today. Need a little extra backbone today.
I hope whatever you need it for is alleviated by vintage Mitsouko.
I almost went with Mitsouko, but ended up in Chanel No 5. Both great scents!
SOTD = Jo Malone Ginger Biscuit
Love 💕 and I should wear it more often!
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I am going out to dinner with a friend tonight. Said friend is one whose birthday party I missed in February because we got about a foot of snow the night before through the day of the event. I must say that even though we do not live that far from each other, the snow totals were all over the place! Anyway, this is a make-up dinner and I am looking forward to it. She and her SO will be going back to Florida shortly. (I WAS going to rant but decided that the positive outweighs the negative!)
Have followed suit! We have had a dusting of late-winter snow, so it’s good to wear something to suite the weather.
Makes sense!
Hope your dinner was lovely!
Hi Robin, I hope you’re enjoying Florida sunshine and beaches and nice seafood!
Today I’m doing the CP by wearing First Cut from the marvelous Diane St. Clair. I only bought the small bottle and mine is perhaps only 1/4 now and it smells richer and somewhat more honeyed, very beautiful. It’s got a nice assortment of herbs mixed in there to keep it from being too sweet.
Mmm you smell great. I love that one and was so happy to receive a partial bottle in a swap last year.
mmmm you smell great. Her fragrances do get better with time. I have
a small amount of Pharoahs Passion left and hoard it.
The Dude is my idol. Really, I’m changing my name from Deva to The Dudette 😍
Wearing Liz Moores Salomé that I spritzed last night before bed. Will refresh when I’m done with coffee and breakfast. At first sniff after applying I always think, “No, it’s too much!” But then it isn’t, and the dry down goes on forever, morphing a million ways as she goes along. Very complex and layered perfume, and I’m thankful I have a full bottle. ❤️
Still waiting for my tag…😭
Stay well y’all!
Sending positive mail thoughts for your tag! I’m still in waiting hell with a bunch of the sample sets I bought a couple of weeks ago. One finally arrived from the UK and was missing one of the samples (the boxes for two of their scents look exactly the same, and they mistakenly packaged two of the same thing in the set), so back to waiting on that one scent. One appears, from my limited Spanish, to have cleared the international transit centre in Spain a week ago, but no updates since. One, fortunately, is safe and sound in a locker at my mail receiving service across the border, and I will get it this weekend. 🙂
Yeah, mail, especially international mail, is a waiting and guessing game. Hope everything shows up in one piece, sooner rather than later! Looking forward to hearing what you tried and how you liked (or didn’t like) the perfumes!
The Dude would not want you to make so much effort. Take it easy man!
Wearing Hermes Galop today. This one took me a while to warm up to, but I love it now. Bought a full bottle when my decants got down to the dregs. Enabler pin for hajusuuri! 🌟
Hajusuuri’s tiara must be pretty heavy at this point! Is she even able to lift her head?! 😂 You’re smelling wonderful. ❤️
I am pretty sure hajusuuri has a vault for all the pins…
This too!
Haha! It’s a tiara, a sash and a cloak!
🤩
Plus a charm bracelet, no doubt. 😉
🤣 You got it!
You smell gorgeous!
Thanks, carole!
I’m wearing Maharanih Intense from Nicolai Parfumeur Createur – I haven’t quite caught up with name change from Parfums de Nicolai.
It will always be Parfums de Nicolaï as well. Great scent by the way. I have the non Intense version that is plenty potent as well.
Well, you’re ahead of me because I had no idea there was a name change. I haven’t sampled that one but I’m sure you are leaving a beautiful trail as you go through your day. 🙂
Same here — had no idea the name had changed.
It’ll always be PdN to me. I always forget about the name change.
Neroli Plein Sud-
I think my Neroli oil from Morocco is much better. Even though is linear its very special
The next Guerlain sample I will try is Jasmin Boneur
Anyone else like this?
I love Jasmin Bonheur !! perfect for spring.
Great a I will try tomorrow. I hope I don’t fall in love
BG is having gift card right now, which is actually a discount, since they take the money off your purchase price, in case you fall in love. Through March 7th. 🙂
I love Jasmin Bonheur. It smells happy.
I’m in eau d”hadrien, EDP and EDT on top of the body oil. Like getting a hug from a friend. I bought so many back ups when this line seemed to be disappearing from North America, and I’m glad to have them.
Have a good day you wonderful smelling peoples 🙂
Love the layering! You have a good day, too, carole.
Thanks, AnnE 🙂
Wearing Lancome Iris Dragees. It’s still cold here so the scent is creating a nice cloud around me. Supposed to warm up late next week; fingers crossed.
Robin, I hope you are enjoying yourself in Florida and do get some beach time!
I was at Bergdorfs and had no idea they did away with Lancôme
That’s too bad! Lots of good things seem to be disappearing.
No beach time, but pool time for sure, and having a very good time 🙂
I’m wearing Goutal’s Mon parfum chéri par Camille. I really wanted to wear a Goutal this week as it’s one of the best presented houses in my collection, it was started by a lady (I always think of David Walliams in Little Britain when I read or hear this), continued by her daughter and has a female in house perfumer.
Also, Camille Goutal created this to honour her mother. And it’s just drop dead gorgeous in a very unapproachable way, it means business and I love it.
Austen fan I agree with everything you said. But let me add this: the bottle is amazing lol. I have the EDT in the reddish-purple colour, with the black striped silk ribbon. I would have bought this scent just for the bottle.
I have both the EDP and EDT in the purple bottle, the ribbons on my bottles are navy though. I got really lucky with MPCPC as I bought both bottles used on eBay for a fraction of the original price. I think at the time a lot of people had bought this unsniffed and didn’t like it. There were loads of used/partial bottles for sale when I looked.
is there a huge defference between the EDT and EDP? There didn’t seem to be many reviews for the EDP.
`The EDP is even stronger and perhaps a bit more rounded, but all in all not a huge difference. I tend to wear the EDP more because I own more of it.
I love love Songes
Another great favourite of mine as well.
I love Annick Goutal, so many favourites from this house!!
Which are your favourite Goutals? I can never make up my mind about mine. Heure Exquise, Songes, MPCPC, Eau du Fier, Sables, Vetiver…….
Thanks for the reminder about Goutal! I have a couple that would work very well for Friday.
My mom was in town this week, and we did a little shopping…including buying a bottle of Chanel Bois des Iles to share! She is doing more traveling the next couple months, so the bottle gets to stay at my house before we split it.
So this is a lovely ode to my nutty, sweet, wacky Mama who is mellowing into the best version of herself that I have known. And now I get to be my best version of myself with her – just two ladies being kind to each other.
I loved this, nebbe 🙂 This is what scent is all about. Hope you and your mom enjoy this in the best of health.
Aww, such a nice post. 💕
Love. ♥
❤️
🥰
Lovely!!
Love this!
I’m sticking with the independent women, in MCMC Kept (but over Tauer Rose Delight oil).
I hope you’re enjoying the warmth, Robin! Way up north here, it’s chilly; I’m looking forward to warmer temperatures.
Was high 70s today, just perfect! Definitely enjoying it and hope when I get home I don’t have long to wait for warm weather.
Wearing Dioramour after a very unpleasant trip to the dentist for a cleaning after a night of very little sleep. The rest of the day can only get better, as I plan to have a delicious poppyseed muffin with lunch.
I like my dentist but once I felt like crying. The hygenist was so nice, and explained people often feel vulnerable in her chair. I feel for you. I’ve never smelled that Dior but I bet you smell great and hope the muffin’s delicious.
I dislike the new dentist I have and want to find someone else. He is the son of my old dentist but not nearly as nice. I had a panic attack & crying episode the one time he did fillings on me because of the equipment he uses (big plastic mouthpiece). He was totally unsympathetic and lacking in compassion. The hygienist is his wife and is not gentle.
That’s awful! I switched dentist after the last one made me cry. I have perpetual teeth problems and anxiety in general. We go through enough and deserve a little compassion. I’m sorry.
Mmmm…poppyseed muffin! I love those, though no one around here seems to carry them any longer.
Costco sells them here in San Diego, but unfortunately not in Canada.
Hope the rest of your day did improve after that dentist appointment.
It did! I had a nice lunch and a nap. 🙂
Hope you’re having a wonderful time, Robin.
I’m wearing L’Artisan Tea for Two by Olivia G. I love it, I love her, all is well.
You smell wonderful.
All is well indeed!💗
I’m in Jicky today, was aiming for comfort and strength but I don’t think anything’s a match for today and this moment in time. So scared about my upcoming surgery, and so many heavy things to take care of this week to make sure that all my accounts are properly set up to provide for Biscuit if God forbid something went terribly wrong. I just want to curl up in bed with a tea and a good book but, well, miles to go before I sleep…
That is tough, but you seem very well prepared already. I wish you strength, a very successful surgery and a swift recovery!
Thank you!
Aww, sorry you are so stressed! Do you have a cat sitter or a friend who will be checking on Biscuit? I know the worry you’re feeling because I had the same issue a couple of years ago when I had surgery and had leave my doggo in a kennel. I also made a friend of mine swear that if I died she would come get my dog and keep her until a good home could be found for her. I gave the kennel her name and phone number in case I died and then I felt much better knowing she would be taken care of. Do you have a friend of family member who would swear to you they’d do the same for Biscuit? As far as the surgery is concerned, and I’m sure you don’t want to share details, but the OR is one of the safest places in a hospital and I hope your recovery is speedy so you get back to Biscuit Baby! 🐱
Oh, sorry for the confusion — Biscuit is my nickname for my son!
Ahhh, well then, don’t I feel like an idiot! 🫠Please tell your son I’m very sorry to have referred to him as a cat!
I mean, he’s actually very cat-like in some lovely ways! 😀
Isabella, I’m so sorry you are feeling so much stress. I think the unknown is the hardest. I hope and believe that all will go well for you and Biscuit. I do like Deva’s advice above.
So sorry Isabella! Wishing you peace & strength.
Kudos to you for putting all the effort into preparation. You never know how things will turn out after a medical intervention, best to be prepared for any eventuality. May you find some solace in knowing you have prepared and may all go well!
I’m wishing you the best Isabella.
Sending ❤️❤️🍀🍀🌈🌈
Went to my doc and all is well.
Cholesterol good.
SOTD is Bal D’ Afrique. I love that I have pruned my collection and geez, unloaded and organized samples.
GOOD NEWS to SHARE my fragrant friends:)
I am a final candidate for two Executive Fellowship roles and have third round interviews w/ UCLA next week.
Finally.
Yay!!! So thrilled for you!!😀
fingers crossed!
Girl, I have very appendage crossed for you! 👍
That is excellent news!
Congratulations on the good news!
Wonderful news! Congrats!
Such great news!🎉💐
Yay!!!!
Awesome! 🤞for you!
So happy to hear this!
Yay!
Sweet!
Oh, how wonderful. More fingers crossed for you.
Yay!!!
Great news and good luck!
🍀🍀🍀 May the force continue to be with you!
I’m wearing one spritz of Angel Muse this morning.
One is enough, you smell great!
That’s about all I can wear of that one. I think I will rehome my bottle, it goes too fruity on me.
I wore 8 sprays this past Sunday 🤣
I started the day in Drôle de Rose for my week of Olivia Giacobetti fragrances.
Lovely!
Accidently got CP points when I took Opus III out for a spin today. I did a note check on Fragrantica and saw one Karine Vinchon Spehner is the perfumer. I do not know any of her other perfumes, (and there are many for Amouage) but she did a good job with this one!
Perfect!
I went with vintage Shiseido Zen for the CP – I did not realize until I went nosing (pun almost intentional) around yesterday reading up on different perfumers that Josephine Catapano was behind this one!
As for the Dude, “Yeah…well..that’s just like your opinion, man…”
He is so quotable 🙂
I’m wearing Violet Blonde for work tonight.
Robin I hope you are having a nice vacation. My son asked me today what Bob Dylan album I would recommend he listen to. I said I didn’t know because I don’t listen to Bob Dylan. ( sorry!) But I told him I would ask you. Being a true fan, I figured you would recommend something other than the popular stuff that I know.
I’m totally no help. I have a friend who absolutely adores him but I just have never been able to get over his voice. So I’m with you…
But I believe “Blood on the Tracks” is considered to be one of his best.
Yes! For a first album, Blood on the Tracks.
Second album, Time Out of Mind.
Third album, if he is still standing, The Freewheelin Bob Dylan.
Thank you!
No Bob Dylan recs from me either. 🤷♀️
But you are wearing a Perfume Unicorn! 🦄
Now if only I could find Sahara Noir!
Violet Blonde = 👍
Thanks!
Posting VERY late today!
I was watching a crane drop roofing materials onto the top of my apartment building at lunchtime this afternoon. All the roofs are being replaced in the complex, probably due to the big hail storm that came thru the area last summer.
SOTD = commando twins with Robin. 😇 But wearing the January Special on my shins today. I think I have one more application left of the Boyfriend Body Creme, and then it will be thunked.
Woohoo, hurray on the almost-thunk!
Kind of bummed that it will be gone. But glad that it didn’t spoil or go rancid, either.
Good luck with the roofing sounds! Hopefully it will be done relatively quick.
My building isn’t due for the actual roofing just yet. Later on this month, weather permitting.
Oh, but you will miss the BBC won’t you? Or no?
I will miss the Boyfriend Body Creme. It is very much Unobtainium, so once it is gone, it is gone for good. It was the rare body product that was both well scented and moisturizing.
Haven’t made it through all the comments yet, and I think I missed out on yesterday’s, too. It’s been three very long work days.
Commando all day, just grabbed Ineke Scarlet Larkspur, haven’t worn it in years. Pretty sure tired was a blind buy. It’s not my usual fare, but I do like it occasionally. It’s fruity, but a little sour, so I’m not overwhelmed by the sweet.
Hopefully tomorrow is an easier day.