It's Tuesday and National Girl Scout Day. Birthdays: Elaine de Kooning, Jack Kerouac, Edward Albee. What fragrance are you wearing?
I've got Maya Njie Vanilj on one arm and Imaginary Authors A Whiff of Waffle Cone on the other.
Reminder: 3/15 will be Vanilla Friday...wear your bestest vanilla for spring (or fall, if you're in the southern hemisphere.) (This is a repeat from 2018, when we did it in January.)
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: the Phoenix teapot from Wedgwood ("A journey through the generations, Phoenix takes inspiration from the iconic Florentine, one of our oldest patterns. With 22-carat solid gold accents, hand-raised details and the majestic image of a phoenix soaring, this new collection is brought to life by skilled craftspeople at our home in England") is £1,325 at Wedgwood in Great Britain.
Hello.
Sotd is TF Vanille Fatale 2024 version. I don’t think I have ever smelled the previous version. This one is a lightly smoked vanilla presented in an old fashioned wooden box. I like it. It has some complexity and depth, at the same time it smells quite TF, if he even has a signature.
The weather had been rainy, cold and miserable for the past 3 days. Then it’s dry, crisp and sunny all of a sudden. Definitely no complaints!
I suspect I might like VF.
That TF does sound good. Much better than the plasticky Vanilla Sex.
Better name, too.
“Plasticky Vanilla Sex” conjured up a rather disturbing mental image!
I’m in the Frederic Malle Dries Van Noten scent, which I find to be beautiful. I don’t really get speculoos-more like honey and wood. I think we inheirited happy888cat’s weather-cold, gray, slightly gross out. At least it’s not snow.
At least you smell great! That one smells like ginger biscuits to me, Robin calls it wood pudding. 🙂
That’s a lovely scent! I always meant to pick up a bottle and now of course, it’s too late. Keep wafting!
It smelled good except I am so allergic to whatever was in there that I had respiratory issues (not being able to breathe properly).
Isn’t that strange-you have such a beautiful wide selection and this one bothered your allergies-I’m glad it wasn’t an across the board allergy. Sometimes perfumes rich in oakmoss sort of make my throat feel like it’s closing over-but I still wear them lol.
Glad you haven’t had that kind of reaction very often! Scary.
I’m in Cap Neroli, which I wasn’t sure that I would like, but it’s settled some and I’m enjoying it.
Oh yay!
Vanilla day 2 and I’m in Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Café, which I think must be my favourite coffee scent ever, because it smells convincingly like the coffee I would drink if I still drank coffee — sweet and creamy with some bitterness up top — plus of course all that CSP vanilla.
Oh, smelling wonderful! I’ll have to wear that this week for sure. I think it has more coffee than the Montalé coffee perfume, the name of which escaped me at the moment. ☕️
House twins!
I am in Serge Lutens un bois vanille. I am enjoying it a lot.
You smell great, love that one.
Thank you .
Oh, I think I have some of that. I must look for it.
Pretty much the apex of vanillas as far as I’m concerned. I’m saving mine for Friday.
I am debating on either Tobacco Vanille or Havana Vanille for Friday. I don’t have a whole lot in terms of vanilla in my collection. After my shower, I will be wearing no 22.
Hi Dawn. I am thinking about joining up for Bark Box. Do you think it’s worth it? ( if I recall you get it sometimes)
Barkbox is very worth it for my 2 dogs. There all kinds of options to custom build to more of what your dog likes.
I’m wearing Vanille Intense by PdN. A boozy and sweet vanilla that I enjoy but don’t like quite as much as Vanille Tonka.
VT was a good one.
For CP compliance: a dab of Akro Bake
For spring compliance: Goutal Camille and Le Chevrefeuille! I’m loving the green right now.
You smell lovely🌸
Thank you!
All I smell right now is that dab of Akro Bake, so it’s time to refresh. Love the greens, but they are here for a good time, not a long time!
Love, love Le Chevrefeuille.
This is the one I always get confused with Millefeuille, so immediately I see a pastry.
IT’S FREAKING SNOWING TODAY!! 🤯😠 I was not mentally prepared for that.
I actually wore two vanilla scents today. Maison Margiela Whispers in the Library before shower – pleasant but a bit boring. Nice “cooking” vanilla with a dash of pepper. The drydown, with its woody notes, was more interesting – but you have to wait for it. It is a comfy uncomplicated scent, but I needed something more substantial for this weather.
So I am now in Shalimar EDP, enveloped in its luminous density. It feels good.
Not sure what’s normal for Ukraine, but in Quebec it can snow all the way into May. Snow has been recorded somewhere in Canada on every day in the calendar.
Depends of what part of Ukraine. Here, March snow is not really rare, but February was very mild and it was warm in early March, so I hoped that even if it gets colder, we at least won’t have snow.
Cauzabon is right-I remember cycling in New Brunswick in July, and have a freak hail storm. That happened to me twice (not in the same year, but both times in July).
Ugh, sorry Glannys. I do hate snow in March.
Did you get a lot of snow today?
It was falling for hours. Lots of it melted, but there is still plenty on trees and lawns. Based on the forecast, it won’t stay long though.
I am in Annick Goutal Vanille Exquise for the CP.
Finally, a nice, warm sunny day! Ready to take a long walk at lunchtime.
Happy Tuesday! 🌞
Such a lovely vanilla, I feel it’s not mentioned often because there are SO many vanillas out there.
Enjoy your walk!🌞
It is a great vanilla scent and so easy to wear it. I love it. But nobody talks about it anymore.
I almost forgot I have a bottle of this! You smell wonderful.
Thank you, Hajusuuri! I also forget to reach for my bottle these days. Too many perfumes to wear….
Oh, that’s a good one!
Indeed!
Enjoy the nice weather! Hope you have a few more days of it.
I’m CP compliant in the venerable and unjustifiably extremely obscure L’Artisan l’Eau des Merveilleuses. Mango and vanilla, but not super sweet, it has almost a sharp edge to it. It might have been LE. Not sure when it was released, I picked it up about 25 years ago and have been rationing the last of it for perhaps longer than I should.
The bottle is gorgeous, too, fluted with round shoulders, rather than the more standard faceted bottles.
I’ve never even heard of that one!
Hardly anyone has! And it’s quite lovely.
I have run across some very unusual L’Artisans over the years that I’ve never heard of and aren’t in the repertoire. I think they might have been very early essays and one-offs. and yes, in different bottles. I think one was greenish. One was brownish. They caught my eye because they had the familiar crown caps. I don’t have them anymore, I should have kept them at least for reference or to chart Jean Laporte developing his style. I do remember they were all well made, with what seemed like good naturals in a cologne base, and went in green/floral/herb directions.
Oh, interesting. I had no idea so many others were out there. I wish there were somewhere to find out more. Short of a visit the L’Artisan archives. That would be fun!
Wearing Le Labo today, Vanille 44 on one arm and Benjoin 19 on the other. I have a $400 Nordstrom gift card I have no idea what to do with, trying to decide if I want a bottle of the Benjoin in September or not. Nordstrom doesn’t sell the perfumes I would want to buy other than maybe that one, sadly.
You could use the gift card to buy some essential stuff for your home ( bedding, cookware etc… and then use the money you were going to use on that kind of stuff for perfume. ( it’s a gift card loophole)
Not enabling.. just thinking out loud.
I like the way you think, lillyjo😊
No! No! It’s for perfume only!
Smart perfumista thinking, lillyjo!
Nice angle!
Perfection lillyjo! Gift card loophole ™
Cashmere.🥰
I have been buying slowly using my gift card. I keep adding more $s based on whatever promotions are happening. For example: there’s a 15x points promotion going on through March 30th and I’ve used it to pay for the balance of my cruise and also for my Civil Mediation course.
Nordstrom Santa Anita and Nordstrom South Coast Plaza, both in California do sell a certain number of the city fragrances.
Last year I called ahead to see what would be offering.
Of course, I don’t know if I could hold onto a 400 clam gift card that long.
My unsolicited advice would be to hang on to that gift card for the thing you really want. After all, gift cards don’t expire, do they?
No they don’t, which is why it’s still in my wallet 5 months after I received it. It can sit there indefinitely. But I kind of want to get rid of it so I don’t have to mentally keep track of it.
Fair enough!
Taking a leaf from Hajusuuri’s book, I wore Vanailla Flash after my shower yesterday. Mostly, I get a boatload of spice, but I still like it and it’s aging well. Went with Shalimar MVP today since it’s now my favorite vanilla, though I did go on the Bay to see if I could find Vanilla Lace (my OG vanilla throughout my 20’s and 30’s) after all these years. That led me to realize I hadn’t be into a VS store in over 20 years, which led me to go online and see what their offerings are now, at least in the vanilla department. Which led me to realize it was a long time ago and I’m two years away from being a senior citizen. It went downhill from there…😆
The Girl Scouts got me last week even though I made a mental note to leave the grocery by the other door, which of course I forgot as soon as I stepped into the store. On the way out, before the door even closed behind me, they were on me! One of them promptly whipped out a switchblade and said “Buy a box or we’ll cut ya!” What’s a helpless old woman like me to do? I bought a box, of course! 😉
Lol! Which box did you get? I’m a sucker for thin mint and peanut butter.
Thin mints, for sure although I like some other. I only bought one box in attempts to minimize the damage. As soon as I got in the camper and put the groceries away, I sat down with some milk and ate half a sleeve…🤭
So…do this year’s thin mints taste less minty than usual? Or is it just me? It’s probably been 15 years since I last had Girl Scout cookies, so it’s possible I misremember.
I don’t really have an answer for you because I haven’t had them in so long. Really, I’m usually pretty good at avoiding the Girl Scouts.
Vanilla Flash is great! I miss it in my wardrobe.
I do hope that the part about a switchblade was a joke. A box of girl scout cookies?
Yes, it was a joke. Girl Scout cookies are kind of legendary here in the US and the Scouts only sell them at certain times of the year. And they are now SIX DOLLARS for a box..!
Sorry, I guess I was a bit dense and it went over my head. 😅
Yes, I heard about girl scout cookies and that they have a lot of flavors. But I always think about this quote from Addams Family Values: “Are they made of real girl scouts?” 🤣
Ha! That’s good. Let me tell you, these scouts were business girls all the way. At one point, one of the girls lost interest and started skipping around and singing. The other one said, “Pay attention to your customer!” Yeah, like that. What a killjoy! The poor skipper-arounder was immediately crestfallen and hung her head in shame. Really, I mean, when did kids get to be this serious and bossy?! I felt like telling the poor girl to keep skipping cause you’re only young once.
It is kind of dispiriting to me how seriously they take the salesmanship…I got the switchblade joke right away!
I was going to ask how much they were. They are up to five dollars here, and my daughter tells me seven in Minneapolis!
Thin mints are definitely the most cookies for the dollar, so that’s all I usually buy anymore. Some of the fancy flavors have so few in the box!
I remember them being like $3.50? Luckily, the scouts are very high tech these days and take debit/credit cards.
They have a table set up outside the bagel shop where Mr. Vee goes for breakfast and he has been coming home with a box everyday! We already have a stock pile of Samoas and I have no idea when it will end! 😂
Oh, bagels and cookies! I like his style! 👍
I ate some Thin Mints for breakfast dessert this morning! 🙂
Living your best cookie life! 😀
Thin Mints are the only Girl Scout cookies I would get.
Well, I learned today as I exited Barnes & Noble they have a new (to me) variety called “Adventures.” How could I pass that up? Besides, they were sold out of Thin Mints…🫠
According to a fragrantica search, fully half of what I own has a vanilla note. Even Bel Ami! I have to take my car in for an oil change and for a technician to figure out why my car and phone have stopped speaking to one another, so I’ll have to go with something relatively light — I’m thinking Ambre Narguilé.
Hope they can figure it out. Cars are getting so complicated! I had to have my entire “radio” replaced shortly after I got my car because the Applecarplay just stopped working.
Good luck! I have not set up the blue tooth / phone thing and I’ve had my car for 10 years. I’m a nervous Nellie so I can’t see myself being on the phone while driving.
It is very convenient if you have it programmed into your car. Completely hands free. I don’t use it that much, but when we travel somewhere and are on the road for a long time it is nice for the kids to be able to check up on us.
I have all my tech set up, but I do agree that being on the phone is distracting when I’m behind the wheel.
It’s fixed! Apparently bluetooth gets unpaired fairly easily, and there’s a neighborhood near where I go for pilates that has a higher than average occurrence of these unpairings. Grrr! But they gave me some tips on fixing the issue myself going forward. Plus they reset my car clock for daylight saving time and vacuumed the interior, so my baby is all refreshed. 😁
Technology is great when it works, and a PITA when it doesn’t.
I’m starting the day in CSP Vanille Abricot for a walk between rain squalls.
Hope you made it back in time to miss the rain allo!
I’m in Vanille Nue from Beauty Pie, yesterday was Vanille Insensee.
It’s gorgeous today with sun and temps close to 70. I am so ready for spring!🌞🌸🌺🌼
I will get into the 60’s! But it’s still a Rollercoaster temp wise. It might snow this weekend.
Did you see that Atelier is coming back to the USA?
What? Didn’t they JUST leave?
I finally saw buds on a tree this afternoon! I’m ready to see growing things where I am at.
My wisteria is starting to flower!
Oh yay!
I’m wearing DSH Mata Hari. It includes vanilla in the notes, but why wouldn’t it? It’s one of those “kitchen sink” perfumes with a little bit of everything in it.
I was clobbered yesterday by the COVID booster for the very first time (I got one because I am considered “elderly” and travel a lot). None of the other injections have ever elicited chills, fatigue, and the most sore arm I’ve ever had. I went to bed early and feel better today except for a headache and the sore arm. I am hoping this means I had a robust immune response.
I hope your back to 100% soon.
Glad you’re a bit better today.
Ugh! A pox on everything Covid related! I hope you’re back in business asap!
Sorry you’re having a hard time with your vaccination. It happens to me every time as well. Only with COVID vaccinations mind you, have always been fine with others.
Yuck. I hope you are feeling better soon, like tomorrow.
Oooh, sorry about the Covid booster. We are getting our booster next weekend before we go to North Carolina. I had a little headache once and chills once, but otherwise just a sore arm. I hope it’s mild for us this time around. It stinks to be 65 as you need to have this stuff done frequently. Oh, well.
Ugh. Hope you shake off those side effects soon.
I get sick with every COVID shot. The last one left me rigoring in bed with husband calling relatives for advice. But thankfully the effect lasts less than a day.
I am taking a trip in April and thinking of getting another shot, since my last one was in 2022. After having COVID last year, I am considering that feeling really bad for one day beats feeling moderately bad for 3-4 days.
Now I just have to find a day to sacrifice and I keep deferring . . .
That tea pot is everything! Wow!
I know, right !! so beautiful
With a price tag to match!!
It’s gorgeous! Too bad about the price, though.
Yes. But: do we REALLY think the accents are “22 carat solid gold”? To me that phrasing suggests that the handle and the spout are solid gold, and I would think that would make it even more expensive than it is. It looks to me like there is a gold overlay on the porcelain. Maybe I am misreading something (or maybe I am just really, really tired.)
It is odd phrasing. Seriously doubt there is any solid gold.
I remember that show! 🙃
Every week is Shark/Vanilla Week for me. 🦈🍨☺️
Today I am sampling Les Eaux Primordiales Vanille Supermassive. Strong, spicy vanilla so far…unisex and notes are below.
Yesterday I tested the rerelease of Ginger Biscuit. I probably tried it back w/ the first release but don’t remember it well. It’s nice but boy, it’s low sillage and pretty fleeting.
Top: bergamot, elemi
Heart: cinnamon, fir balsam, labdanum
Base: patchouli, vanilla, caramel, ambroxan, moss, white musks
Your description of new Ginger Biscuit is my experience as well. Thank goodness for 100mL!
Glad to see you here for Vanilla Week. 🌈
Joining Hera in SL Un Bois Vanille. I like the licorice/woods/vanilla combo. Yoga now.
You smell wonderful – I tried UBV just last year from a decant and it was instant love.
I thought I’d be pretty literal and put on CSP Vanille Coco, which I got a sample of from a generous NSTer. I think this one is a bit too sweet for me, but I am definitely wafting vanilla today!
Smelling fab! That’s in my line up this week, too!
I got all my boyhood in vanilla winter waves around the kitchen stove.
– Jack Kerouac
Wearing Vanillary over Shalimar body lotion. Abut much even by my standards.
Triple bonus points for the quote on his birthday during vanilla week!
Oh, and ps, started the Dress Diary last night, my library finally got the kindle version. I wish the images were interspersed in the text instead of at the end, but for all I know they are that way in the hardcover too. Otherwise, fascinating so far.
I think I am the odd one out today. No vanilla. I used some citrus shower gel and lotion and topped it off with Hermes Eau des Merveilles. I have tried this off and on for years and today it seems to be working well for me.
We are “no vanilla” twins today!
Calvin Klein Truth and a cup of English Breakfast tea.
Truth is a fragrance that I am giving a second chance. I wore it last week and couldn’t wait to wash it off of me that night when I took a shower. It was so strong. Then this morning, I smelled it faintly on the sleeves of the shirt I wore when I last wore Truth, and it was wonderful.
Today, I sprayed it very lightly, and I am loving it so far 🙂
Truth is lovely when sprayed lightly.
Love when that happens.
Truth is one of the few perfumes where I have thunked more than one bottle of it. Loved the shower gel version of it!
I’m having a very lazy day off today. My sotd is Dolce and Gabbana Devotion. It occurred to me that this could be a Summer flanker to Chopard Casmir. I really like it.
Enjoy your lazy day. I really like Casmir, but there is something in it that prevents me from loving it.
I loved Casmir for a long time but had to give away my bottle due to association. Devotion is similar but not the same so I can wear it.
Enjoy your lazy day.
I am!
Yay for Devotion even though I don’t recall ever smelling it.
It’s fairly new. Some people say it’s similar to Akro Bake, but I haven’t tried that one.
It is similar to Akro Bake.
D&G Devotion smells like a lemon meringue pie to me, with a hint of something else.
I’m wearing SL’s De Profundis, and it appears to be one of those unusual perfumes with no vanilla at all 🙂
It’s such a gorgeous scent, Gaynor-you smell amazing !
Love this fragrance!
♥ beautiful.
I saw something on FB that it’s back in stock at one of the discounters. Not enabling. Just noting 🙂
De Profundis is a perfect Autumnal scent.
Onto final round on Monday for the fellowship role.
Slept really badly, am still in bathrobe reading email and being slow pokey.
How will I ever get my rear in gear to go back to work?
Robin, that teapot is just stunning.
SOTD is the new OJ Vanille Des Afriques, which arrived last night. Get to take the wrapping paper off.
I have been slow pokey lately but have managed to change into my going out clothes. Do tell us about the new bottle!
How is VdA? And hope you sleep like a baby tonight.
Cool, sunny, breezy day in LA. Wearing Chanel N°18 EdT, which brings back memories of Bois Noir, (long gone from my collection, and missed.)
Hey, we had the same weather on opposite coasts 🙂
This CP makes me realize that I need a light, pretty vanilla in my collection. Wearing Addict and drinking a vanilla protein shake, does that count?
So knee surgery is tomorrow. I think I have everything on the doctor’s list completed and the laundry is almost finished, all the grocery shopping done. Bring it! So ready to get it over with.
Good luck tomorrow! And you sure smell wonderful!
Good luck, Ringthing. I wish you a speedy recovery!
Thanks pl67!
Good luck ringthing!
Thanks lillyjo!
Hope it all goes well and you get back on your feet quickly.
Thank you Kanuka!
Best wishes for tomorrow!
Thanks cazaubon!
Good job! It will be great to have it over and done. Hope you heal quickly.
Thanks springpansy!
Hope and prayers for a successful surgery, ringthing <3
Aww, thank you MossyBerry.
Best wishes for your surgery. You smell great!
Thank you Sapphire!
Sending you more luck for tomorrow and with the preparations today!
Thanks tulipani!
Good luck! Hope everything goes smoothly and your recovery is quick and as pain free as possible!
Thanks Deva!
Good luck tomorrow, and you smell fantastic!
Thanks on both counts, Gail.
Good luck to you!
Sending you loads of luck and healing vibes for tomorrow!
Good luck with the surgery and recovery!
Good luck! I hope it will be easy and heal fast.
Good luck, ringthing! I haven’t smelled Addict in forever…I should hunt down a tester. Sending big hugs for tomorrow!
Good luck, ringthing! Wishing you a successful surgery and speedy recovery.
Thanks, hajusuuri!
Meant for above
Got it!
Hello NSTers! I’m trying to get back in the swing of commenting. I’ve been followed around by the black dog a bit, and working to get over it.
I’m in Vanille Sauvage de Madagascar, plus Lavanila body butter, which is just divine. I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday! 🤗
Nice to see you!
I was thinking about you the other day. It’s nice to see you!
That’s the only dog I absolutely hate. Hope you can outdistance him! 🐕🦺
I have been thinking of you too!
Very happy to see you!
Hope things begin to look up for you!
Hope you feel better soon!
You smell great! I hope it gives you a cocoon to keep that black dog at a bit of a distance
Feel better soon, Nancy!🌹
Great to see you here.
Hello Nancy! I’ m glad you found some vanilla scents that give pleasure.
Y’all are so very kind. Thanks to all of you. ❤️❤️❤️
Hope you feel better soon. Hugs to you.
Glad to see you posting, but sorry to hear that you’ve had a rough time of it lately. Hugs.
I’m in a sample of Ex Nihilo Gold Immortals. I’m surprised vanilla isn’t among the listed notes because I’m smelling it. Tonka and Amber are listed, so maybe those two are tricking my nose into finding vanilla.
Today’s tea is F&M Jubilee and I have thunked the tin. It is a good, tasty tea and I’m happy to be sipping it right now. But it is not particularly notable so I don’t plan on replacing it.
Amber has vanilla so you’re not imagining it.
“Gold Immortals” is a cool perfume name!
Tea of the day is the Snow Mountain tea from Vietnam which I learned about in the February 16 edition of Bois de Jasmin. I decided to splurge on an order from Victoria’s recommended tea seller in Germany. It is excellent, and my appreciation of tea keeps growing. SotD is Tocade, one of my long-time loves, and *yes* I love that bottle. I get amber, vanilla and rose. When I read it has freesia, I started to notice that too. Spring has sprung here, at least for today, and I’ve been outside quite a bit. The rest of the week’s weather looks good, too. Flowers and flowering trees are here.
Love that Tocade bottle! You smell great.
Is it the bottle where the top looks like a hat?
Yes, and in fun colors!
Oooh, thx for the reminder. I may wear that tomorrow. Been sitting in the back of my perfume cabinet too long.
I’m loving all your tea reports! My order of the Smith’s barrel-aged breakfast tea arrived, and I’ve had it a couple of times. I think I’ll need to have it a few more times to pick up on the nuances, but it’s very very smooth so far.
Tocade didn’t really work on my skin, but I still regret getting rid of that fun bottle!
Yes about smoothness. I just keep experimenting with brewing times, water temperature, and amount of tea leaves.
I tried Tocade in the fun bottle several years ago, and it was a disaster-level scrubber on me. Bottle porn can only go so far.
I think Kilian Woman in Gold is actually a better version.
Glad you mentioned that. I was wondering if any NST’ers had tried WiG. I saw on Fragrantica that it got a lot of comparison votes.
IIRC, I liked Woman in Gold when I tried a sample. That one might still be in The Sample Stash.
Ha! Tocade does make a statement. But yeah, I have to like the perfume at least a little to keep a favorite bottle. (Looks at Miu Miu bottle.)
A double whammy of vanilla, MK Midnight Shimmer this morning and tonight Vanilla Diorama with its delicious chocolate orange dessert effect.
Vanilla Diorama is so yummy indeed!
😀Honestly it might be my best gourmand and it is my only Dior Privé.
SOTD = Pacifica Island Vanilla
A cheap thrill for sure and so good! 😍
I must have gotten this a long time ago at Target and it has aged very well.
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I mentioned that the first session for my Civil Mediation Training was postponed with a date TBD. Self: how about the one for this coming Saturday. I called Customer Service and I was told that the Saturday class will be as scheduled. And then I thought that I should make sure. I emailed the person who informed us that the session was being rescheduled and she responded saying No session this Saturday as the whole thing was being rescheduled. I of course thanked her and strongly suggested that she let the entire class AND Customer Service know because CS DID NOT KNOW! I would seriously have been ticked off if I showed up and class was not in session. I hope the new schedule works for me and if not, I will get a refund including the penalty of $20 were I to opt out of taking the classes.
In a world where there a million ways to communicate, no one can be bothered anymore. I’ve talked to three people at my agency about the exact same thing and none of them knew anything about anything. What an incredible waste of time. Pretty soon I will just stop answering my phone or texting/emailing back all the people who ask the same dam* THING! Figure it out!! Did that come off a little snarky? Yeah? That’s exactly how I meant it! 😂
Looks like Pacifica has changed the bottles for their offerings at Target. I liked the cute little clear bottles much better.
Another snag in taking that mediation course? Or the same one?
I wore a judicious spritz of SDV for a day in the office today. I had a very nice lunch with a former boss, and a HUGE dose of office gossip. Quite a fun day! I also checked out that Normal Women book that Deva recommended last week, can’t wait to dive into it!
Oh, I hope you like it. The amount of research that went into it just boggles my mind. I was lucky enough to have a father who was extremely progressive given his culture and upbringing, and never confronted misogyny until I was an adult, or at least that’s when I first recognized it. Also, had a mother who was quite fiery and independent. I’m not squeamish, but some passages had me all discombobulated and I had go back to it later. Let us know what you think. 😊
Turns out I have a lot more perfumes with vanilla than I thought, based on a quick peek at all my full bottles. That’s without checking The Sample Stash. I will be spoiled for choice on Friday.
But I am about as far away from vanilla in perfume today as possible.
SOTD = vintage Cabochard, thanks to AnnE. Loving it!
I think I could do a month, and I’m not even a vanilla fiend.
I’m in Atelier Vanilla Insensee paired with Wowilla oil layered underneath.
Ooh, sounds yummy!
SOTD is Shalimar Ode a la Vanille…Mexique. Have it almost thunked. Thank goodness I have a backup!
Guerlain would cause a riot if they re-issued your SOTD methinks.
Wearing Obvious Parfums Un Vanille which I initially wrote off as too plastic doll head but settles into a nice straight up vanilla. One of my 2 full bottles I bought in 2024 and trying to stick to my 3 bottle limit for the year.
Sometimes a little plastic doll head is enjoyable…so long as it’s under control.