Happy Almost-Friday! It's also National Barbecue Day and the International Day of Living Together in Peace. Birthdays: Studs Terkel, Woody Herman, Liberace, Betty Carter and Christian Lacroix. (PSA: the splitmeet and the Haiku challenge are both coming up on Saturday.) What fragrance are you wearing?
The only thing I bake with any regularity these days is granola, so I'm doing ingredients from my granola recipe this week. Today: vanilla, in Hermès Vanille Galante.
Reminder: 5/17 is World Baking Day. Do what you like with the theme. You could wear a gourmand, or you could wear any perfume with any ingredient you like to bake with (or eat), or ?? Be as creative as you like.
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 Long-tailed Tits - Aegithalos caudatus [cropped] by caroline legg at flickr; some rights reserved.
I had a sample of Vanille Galante, and really loved it.
I’m in Musc Ravageur from a sample I’ve had since forever. I just patted the shop dog, so I smell like expensive fume and dog lol.
Musc Ravageur is so good! Even mixed with dog.
Hi everyone!
I’m early because we are heading out to visit our daughter today. Not CP compliant but smelling wonderful in No 5 L’Eau, from an generous NSTer.
Have a great visit!
Enjoy your visit – you smell wonderful!
Great choice for a trip! Enjoy the visit.
I am wearing Merchant of Venice Tuberosa India. I discovered it in Italy in their shop which is to die for.
Back to real life and work today .
Their bottles are so pretty!
They had a new one for the 100th anniversary of Maria Callas, black and white bottle, soooo beautiful!!
I am a big fan of those bottles, too. Do you have a favorite scent? FragranceNet usually has a good selection from MoV – always tempting.
Sorry you had to come back home Hera!
I am in Theorema. It has spices and gourmand-like sweetness.
We had some long power outages last night and early in the morning. And we are going to have more. So I am looking through different UPS specs – I need to get one soon to keep internet on when there is no power.
It is Vyshyvanka Day today in Ukraine. I do not have a vyshyvanka (Ukrainian ethnic embroidered clothes), but I saw a lot of people wearing them today.
Looking forward to haiku challenge – I have been feeling kind of down lately and hope it will be a good distraction.
I love Theorema. You smell fabulous.
I am sorry you have been down, hope you feel better soon 🌹 Theorema is good one:)
Sending you hugs and positive vibes!
more hugs to you, Glannys.
Hope you’ll have a good day today. What a pretty tradition, Ukraine is so rich in culture.
Thinking of you! You smell beautiful.
Great choice, Glannys. I’m so sorry you are feeling down. I’m so sorry for everything that is going on around you and I am spritzing you with more Theorema spicy warm orangey oaky comfort as you’ve inspired me to make it my scent today as well.
I’ve seen pictures of Vishyvanka online. Some of them are incredibly beautiful.
Sorry to hear that you are feeling down. Hugs. And good luck with your Power Supply search!
Gosh Glannys, I would be down too. Sending more hugs.
Hello.
Sotd is the delicious Miu Miu Fleur de Lait. Coconut milk and mango parfait. Yum. The bottle is also really cute!
My house also smells of mosquito coils because the warming weather has brought along a new generation of these pesky bugs and they are not(!) welcome.
I’ve been wanting to try Fleur de Lait, but I don’t think it is available here.
I’m in another L’Artisan, Mon Numero 9. I know rhubarb is used in baking, so I’m a little CP compliant.
Of course you are!
Had a counseling appointment over the phone today while still in no 5. I am debating on 3 perfumes for today. Lyric, Shalimar or Vanilla Flash are the choices. Or maybe Tobacco Vanille.
Hope it went well Dawn!
I’m wearing Tobacco Honey from a sample, probably for the last time this season, as the heat will start cranking up this week. They are predicting 29 for Monday already! Whew.
Will bake banana nut muffins tomorrow. I love to bake. In the past week I’ve made several pies and irish cream scones.
I really liked Tobacco Honey when I tried it on. Irish cream scones? That sounds like a must try food. Scones are one of my faves. I like to get blueberry ones and have them with lemon curd, so yummy:)
The scones are super easy.
2.5 cups flour
3 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Stir dry ingredients ( I use a whisk) then add 1 1/3 cups of 35% whipping cream and 1 tbsp honey, mix in bowl, then refrigerate for 15 minutes. Shape and place on baking sheet, bake for 15 minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Holy cow, with all that whipping cream they are sure to be delicious!
As you can imagine they have a very tender crumb. Quite delicious! And if you like them less sweet, you can leave the sugar out.
Wonderful recipe.
Thank you for the recipe. I am going to try it.
Nice, thanks for sharing!
Ooooh, thank you for posting the recipe!
Hello,
SL Rousse for some spice. The larger beetles, crickets and other various bugs are out and about again as the weather warms up. They can be found a lot on the sidewalks scurrying and hopping about. Kinda have to watch where ya step lol.
Having chai tea and waiting for my friend to stop by for a visit:).
Have a lovely Thursday 🌹
You smell great Omega! Hope you had a nice visit with your friend.
I’m enjoying the cinnamon and nutmeg in “Jungle Homme” from Kenzo.
Happy Thursday, everyone!
Daniel you are inspiring me to find it and try it. I’m curious as to how it compares with the women’s version.
It’s a favorite of mine! If you have trouble finding it, I have a good supply – happy to give you a travel-size sample.😊
I am wearing Poets Of Berlin for blueberry which is an ingredient I used to like in desserts and muffins which are things I no longer eat. These days all my blueberries are enjoyed fresh.
Blueberry note twins!
Yesterday I met our 2023 Cullman fellows – they are finishing up their fellowship at NYPL. What a interesting bunch of scholars
Journey Woman for me today. Finished volunteering at the library and now need some lunch.
I am thinking of making Beef tajine & dried fruits. Let me know if anyone has a good recipe
No recipe but I just wanted to mention that I’ve been to a Moroccan restaurant in East Brunswick NJ. It’s a tiny restaurant with I would consider a just right menu. Although I am not adventurous in trying out foods, my dinner companions had tagine meat (not sure which type) and the presentation was fabulous!
I am so jealous
How was your food?
Wonderful. I’ve been there twice and had the same thing: skewer chicken over rice.
My absolutely fave Moroccan dish is that flaky savory pastry dusted with powdered sugar and crammed with meat, egg, spices, and I can’t remember what else. I must hunt down a place in L.A. that makes it and order some. Oooh, now I’m hungry and I just had lunch.
Casablanca on Melrose has good Pastilla.
I should look for that!
I have two gourmands in my sample bag so that’s today and tomorrow dealt with. Today it’s JPG Scandal Le Parfum, a perfectly pleasant vanilla. Flying home tomorrow morning, and we’ll get ahead of some really bad weather: today was the first sunny day since we got here Sunday morning.
Safe flight back!
Slow World by Chasing Scents today as I wait for a recruiter to call.
Fingers crossed🍀
Adding mine too!
Frozen raspberries and yogurt smoothie
In So pretty de Cartier, perfect for spring and tonight Gianduia by Missoni for its chocolate and the CP.
So Pretty de Cartier was gone in a flash, sadly.
Mathilde Laurent at Cartier stated that one day she wishes to make Cartier discontinued perfumes available again, we’ll see, SP has lovely fruits, it’s essentially a fruity floral that’s why I find it lovely in spring, I bought it in winter and it was definitely not the right season for it.
I had a manufacturer sample of it I really liked. By the time I made up my mind to buy, it was gone.
Funny how some perfumes are very much seasonal.
I’m wearing HdP 1804 (George Sand) which has a strong pineapple note. I’ve never baked anything with pineapple but I was reminded of one of Stephen Fry’s impressions of his maternal grandfather (mis)pronouncing pineapple upside down cake. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R2SaqkTC0 (at around 1:48).
Love Stephen Fry 🙂
Ummagumma for me today, for chocolate and vanilla. Probably one of the last times I’ll wear it for a while; today is cool and cloudy, so it felt right.
Looks like I can be in winter/fall fragrances for a bit yet…wish it would warm up here!
National Barbecue Day! Maybe I should alter my lunch plans…
Keeping the Hippie Rose buzz going today since it was so enjoyable yesterday. I really like this one. The staying power is surprisingly light — the other spicy roses in my collection tend to cling and cling — but that just means I get to reapply at intervals and enjoy that first gorgeous whoosh all over again.
Last time I checked Heeley’s prices, I got sticker shock! 😱😱
Wearing the springy Rhubarbe Ecarlate today. I forgot how much I enjoy this one.
Time to bring your SOTD out for summer?
Definitely! And it has decent staying power😊
I’m continuing my spice theme, this time in the warming chili and chocolate of Anima Dulcis from Arquiste.
That sounds perfect Gaynor.
Today I went with a Bath & Body Works perfume from their Tutti Dolci line that they put out in nice glass bottles as EDT. I’ve had this one, Sugar Wafer, for jeez, probably 17 years, maybe longer! I almost sold or swapped it before, but I’m so glad I gave it another chance. It smells like sugar cookie batter at first with a Play-Doh aspect, and it dries down to a spiced vanilla and sugar. Very easy to wear for me and comforting.
I love the smell of Play-Doh!
me too, Allo!
I always liked Silly Putty smell.
I’m absolutely reeking of OJ Woman today and I love it! Just staying around home today doing odd jobs and watching miscellaneous stuff on tv, honestly, more news than is healthy for an old person like me. 🙁
It seems I go in spates where sometimes I love cooking and trying new recipes and then I become utterly lazy and only want frozen meals or going out for dinner. Last night I craved Singapore Noodles and went to a nice Chinese restaurant and ate a huge serving all by myself. I truly believe I could eat it all over again tonight, it was that good! But I must scour my cupboards and fridge drawers to try to find something healthy with some greens that I can throw together for tonight. We’re in for more rain and possible street flooding or tornadoes so I am just staying in for the rest of the day.
Definitely a night to stay in and stay safe, Calypso!
Good call to stay in and hunker down!
Stay safe Calypso!
Reeking of Ormonde Jayne Woman is a very very good thing.
Thank you, Robin for more tiny adorable birds! Thanks, to everyone who stopped by to rally around my oven problem. Looks like good news in that the parts needed are available, so the ol’ GE P*7 can keep on baking. The repairman will be back next week to finish the job. SotD Gucci Guilty Absolute pour Femme. I thunked a sample, and finally decided to spring for a rollerball. It is not like anything else I have – supposedly it’s a chypre, but it seems too perky or something. Yet the blackberry-clean wood smell somehow calls to me.
That’s great news.
We were quite happy!
Glad to hear that parts are still available for your Old Reliable!
How’d the dishwasher fare?
Interesting on the dishwasher. The repairman (who is the son of the couple that previously did our appliance work) said we had a very reliable old KitchenAid and suggested running a few cycles with a cup of white vinegar each. He thought we had *soap buildup.* Egad! So I will try that. Long story but I previously cleaned the spray arms, but I guess the buildup can occur around the pump and be unseen. Glad your venting woes were solved, my friend! And yay for cat-friendly repairman.
Oh yay you get to keep your oven!
I am very fond of it. It has an analog clock and the handle has a real wood inset. 🙂
How lovely you can fix it!
National Barbeque Day? Wish I’d known that before I ate dinner. There’s a really good BBQ restaurant in the next town over. Easy drive, too.
So my venting issue has been resolved. This afternoon a very polite worker came by with a long ladder and a bucket of ductwork(!!). He said he needed access to the attic. I’m thinking that when the roofers installed the new vents, they weren’t connected to any ductwork! SMH.
The fix took about 30 minutes and didn’t really disturb Teflon kitty. In fact, the worker said goodbye to her as he left. I was the second to last unit in my building to have the repairs done. But since I didn’t know when I was scheduled, I had been waiting around since 8:30 this morning. Annoying, but First World Problems, right?
SOTD = back in Prada Candy, with Josie Maran Vanilla Vibezzz Body Butter. The combo is really, really good! Plus CP compliant. 😉
That’s great that the worker was polite. So rare nowadays.
I bet that combo really does smell good!
I felt a little bad for him being stuck in a hot attic!
You should try the Candy/Vanilla Vibezzz combination if you can. I was definitely wowed by it. I didn’t even layer them; they just smelled great hanging out in the same general area.
I think that way is almost better than true layering. That way you get cross whiffs.
Glad it’s all fixed and Teflon Kitty was unruffled! 🙂
Teflon did come running into my bedroom to let me know the worker was finished. (She’s also afraid of ladders!)
Ladders make all those clattering noises that kitties tend to hate.
Glad your wait is over and yay for a good perfume day.
Looking forward to the exhaust fans in the bathrooms working the way they ought to now!
Glad it finally got fixed!
For sure!
I had a pretty lazy day off today. I managed some light housework and laundry. My brother will be going to a rehab facility tomorrow, since he hasn’t made enough progress to go home yet. He is improving though.
My sotd is Fenty for the blueberry note. For the first time though I am getting some sort of animalic note. I’m not sure what it is. I normally wear this in the cold and today was on the humid side. Maybe I am the animalic note?! 🤣
Glad your brother is improving, that Fenty sounds odd.
It is odd, but I really like it. I think I will put it away until fall though. Lol.
Yay you for having a lazy day off! After some of the stuff you’ve experienced lately, you needed one.
Sometimes lazy is just what you need. I would have taken a nap but neither the dog or my daughter was having it.
I love your sense of humor!
Thank you! That makes my day!
SOTD = Bulgari Black
Nice bakery smell!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7DFt0rx0QW/?igsh=MWhhZzlkNGdocW9sZQ==
Later!
I was puzzled by ” nice bakery smell ” then I read the IG post. You’re right!
One of the coolest perfume bottles ever.
Love BVL Black