It's Tuesday, plus National Vanilla Ice Cream Day and Raymond Chandler’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Thierry Mugler Cologne.
Reminder: 7/26 is Mick Jagger's birthday. Scent a Rolling Stones song, or scent the man himself, or do whatever you want with the theme.
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: "While Missoni may be known for its zigzag-clad ready-to-wear, did you know that its Home range offers up equally impressive decor for your abode? Begin your foray into the sleek line-up with this teapot from the Nastri collection." £519 at Harrods in the UK.
Hello.
Sotd is LVEB.
I was looking for a new KitchenAid stand mixer and I saw that a shop still carries the gorgeous LE 2022 Design Series pastel green with the copper mixing bowl. I’ve ordered one and I can’t wait till I get to play with it. I love kitchen gadgets.
I had to be quite forcefully dissuaded from buying a stand mixer, but finally had to admit that it might be pointless since I don’t really cook, much less bake. This friend knows me well…
I had to be dissuaded many times with other things too…
The KitchenAid gadgets are so pretty to look at!
I know right! All those pretty colours. 😍
Ooh, sounds lovely!
It’s coming next week. Can’t wait!
I am more of a Beatles girl, but the Rolling Stones have great songs too.
Today I am scenting Gimme Shelter, which, I am sure, a lot of people will find relatable today.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbmS3tQJ7Os
I thunked Jovoy Gardez-Moi, since it can be translated as “Save Me” or “Guard Me”. Close enough to the shelter theme. Even though it must be named after its main note, gardenia.
Oh, a storm is threat’ning
My very life today
If I don’t get some shelter
Oh yeah, I’m gonna fade away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
War, children, it’s just a shot away
It’s just a shot away
….
…love, sister, it’s just a kiss away
It’s just a kiss away
Coumarin, in case you missed it – I wrote the name of the game for you in Friday post.
Fabulous, thank you! Looking forward to it coming out.
Excellent but tragic pairing. Hope your weather has cooled down a bit so you can be comfortable no matter the status of your power.
Thank you. Yes, it is not too hot now. Some high temperatures are expected for the weekend, but hopefully this hot spell is not going to be so extreme.
Things are currently better with power. I do not want to say more, since I am afraid to jinx it.
Excellent and timely, Glannys. Knocking on wood for your power…
Glad to hear from you Glannys. Be safe, and be well!
Back at work after a nice long weekend. I am wearing Peau Nu, i really love purse sprays now and this one comes in a beautiful case, it smells amazing too.
Have a great week everyone!
I love purse sprays too
I can relate,collecting niche perfume purse sprays has been a side hobby of mine too.My favorite is the one I have from Aedes de Venustas that I bought with Iris Nazarena.
That one looks so beautiful!
I had a beautiful walk in Central Park this morning.. a little rain and it smelled like earth and fresh cut grass. Very peaceful and quiet in the park.
I will be doing Jo Malone all week since my small stash needs some love.
If JB or Jalapeno is reading, I tried Res Roses yesterday by JM and it was love at first sniff.
Tea is a lavender honey latte from Maman and SOTD is a layer of Wood Sage and Sea Salt with Blackberry and Bay
Not to enable you or anything but Red Roses pairs amazingly with Peony Blush Suede… 😉
Oooo! Enabler lol 😆
And another good combination is Peony Blush Suede with Wood Sage and Sea Salt. I love the combinations you can do with Jo Malone. I went down the rabbit hole with her scents years ago. I think my first ones were Orange Blossom Body Cream with Vintage Gardenia Cologne. Now, sadly I don’t have any of those old scents anymore.
Thanks! I will try the Peony & WSS tomorrow for my SOTD.
How is Vintage Gardenia?
IMHO Vintage Gardenia is beautiful.
Oh yay!Glad you enjoyed Red Roses!It’s a favorite rose in my collection.
Jo Malone does roses in perfume very well. Have you tried the JM Velvet Rose & Oud Cologne Intense yet?
Yes!
I have a small decant that a friend gave to me.
I will wear it this week.
What do you think of it?
Any other Jo Malone rose I must try?
As I recall, I really liked Velvet Rose & Oud.
I’ve noticed that Sephora has a couple of JM rose perfumes I haven’t seen anywhere else. They are Rose Blush Cologne and Rose Amber Cologne. I have yet to smell those.
I never particularly cared voor Mick Jagger, sorry to all his fans, but have been fascinated for years by Keith Richards. I’m wearing Eau du Fier which might suit him.
I’m jealous of your SOTD 🙂 A man I work with is turning 80 this week, and we’re teasing him, cause Mick was all sex drugs and rock and roll and look how good he looks lol.
About Jagger’s looks, just Google “When you are Mick Jagger, but the other one is Alain Delon”
omg – dying! Thank you for this 🙂
Jagger looks like a spoiled brat!
That is too funny🤣
🤣🤣🤣
Thank you for the laugh!
OMG! He looks so young in that pic!
I am definitely Team Keith. His memoir is FABULOUS. (Except that it made me want to do pharmaceutical-grade heroin — which he apparently no longer uses, himself — and I have never even smoked a cigarette.) (Oh, and I did NOT follow through on this idea!!!)
I pulled a couple of bags of decants last night, and Azemour was first up.
Perfect!
I did not expect rain this morning, but it showed up anyway. Hopefully it will clear for a lunchtime walk.
I’m in Dear Polly.
It was really hard to head back to work yesterday after a most fun weekend. A true ladies weekend with my mom, aunt, cousin and her daughter/my godchild. Lots of stories and laughs. It has been a year since my uncle left us and my aunt seems to be doing so well. She was in really good spirits, which makes me happy. Already plotting my winter Arizona trip to spend some time with her.☺️
Happy to hear that you had a wonderful weekend!
Thanks Jalapeño!😀
So glad!
😊
-SOTD is Shalimar MVP.
-FOTD is Multi Function Formula Snail Intensive BB Cream SPF 50+++ by Mizon. What a mouthful!
Link for those interested:
https://www.yesstyle.com/en/mizon-snail-repair-intensive-bb-cream-4-colors-23/info.html/pid.1070062527
Found a couple of merino tops the other day, but two get one free, so snapped up three. The neutral basic colors were already sold out, dang it, so I ended up with a lavender, a warm pale pink, and a bright pink. If anyone has minimal packing ideas please let me know. I’m doing good so far because I’ve found a single pair of shoes that will work with every situation and they will be on my feet for 16 days straight. 🩰
I think we should have a CP where we scent our respective governments and “leaders” but I guess that would be too political. 😉 I am a Rolling Stones fan in that if they came on the radio, I would generally crank it up. But not a serious fan because I never bought a single album, 8 track, cassette, or CD. Sorry Mick and friends, but I did not contribute to your wealth!
No, no, not politicians, please!
Congrats on your purchases. Merino is a great material, even though the colors are not quite what you wanted.
I’ve never had merino anything but it sounds like it would work not only for travel but my lifestyle in general. I thought it would be very labor intensive to wash and dry, but it sounds fairly easy to care for from what I’ve recently read. A political CP would open the Doorway to Deepest Dungeons of Hell I’m sure, but I bet it would be hilarious…😀
I think the colours sound very nice.
The colors are lovely and I don’t mind them a bit, but I was hoping for neutrals because they pair with absolutely anything and are more versatile for minimal packing for a 2 week trip.
Smelling mighty fine my friend!
Re: packing. Use packing cubes – they really help! Also, as much as I love just bringing one pair of shoes, please reconsider and bring an extra pair …
I’m on the fence about packing cubes. I’m still researching them but it seems to me there is some valuable real estate that doesn’t get utilized. I’m looking at the compression type cubes now. I’m assuming you’re a fan because they work for you..? Any specific brand you like?
Ah, Raymond Chandler! One of my favorite writers. In honor of his birthday, I’ve chosen Fourreau Noir from Serge Lutens. (Thanks to Tulipani, who generously gifted me a sample.😊) It’s as gorgeous and voluptuous as one of Chandler’s femme fatales. Fabulous stuff.
Well-played! I used to have a decant of DSH Chinchilla, which also would have fit the theme. Jasmine et Cigarette might work too…
Ooh, yes… Jasmine et Cigarette would be great. Don’t know Chinchilla, but it sure sounds wonderful!
Wearing the original Lolita Lempicka perfume for a change of pace. Most days that I work, I wear Eau Premiere but wasn’t feeling it today.
I actually like both. The Lempicka is more fun though.
I concur.
I’m in SL Fleurs de Citronnier, in the pretty bottle with wavy lines-the politesse collection, I think it was called. It’s pretty.
That is a nice scent.
You smell great, I love that one.
It’s a good thing I never, ever bet for money, as I would have lost big-time once I found out that the assumed Hermes teapot above was in fact Missoni. I suppose I can now buy said teapot since I have saved so much money..
It’s yet another day of wearing Guerlain Vetiver Pour Elle.
I thought it was Hermes, from the colours and the ribbon-like decoration.
I did not guess Missoni, either, but DANG, I love that teapot. (Not buying it.)
If the image was bigger you’d see that it actually says Missoni on one of the stripes, which made me happy because as soon as I saw that I stopped wanting the teapot 🙂
I’m in Simone Andreoli Vicebomb,which sounds like a perfect match to the Rolling Stones and Mick Jagger!Seventies vibes to the perfume as well,smells somewhat vintage and like an overcrowded Studio 54.
Happy Tuesday!✌🏻🕺🏼
Since when is Studio54 NOT crowded? 🤣
Excellent!
Like Daniel, I’m going with Raymond Chandler. In Farewell my Lovely Marlowe is drugged with a datura based truth serum, and, because Datura Noir has also has that lush but rotting aspect of heady florals left in a vase, in a closed room I’m wearing that. Chandler does amazing descriptions of interiors, they’re almost like Hopper interiors, very visual and I love that aspect of his writing. All the office spaces, or studies in grand houses.
Wow, now I need to go re-read Chandler, I did not remember that at all.
Trying BORNTOSTANDOUT Angels’ Powder today and notes are below. I do get a bit of the nail polish accord in the opening 😉 ehaeheh but it’s very much a gourmand overall. It’s nice but not original. I haven’t been impressed w/ the BTSO line in general from what I sampled…the ones I have tried were synthetic/screetchy. This one I would wear if I found a bottle in my lap but would not buy it for the price.
HEAD – Nail Polish, Pink Pepper Extra Pure, Icing Sugar
HEART – Vanilla Sugar, Raspberry, Cotton Candy
BASE – Heliotrope, White Musks, Gaiac Wood
It is expensive and it actually sounds kind of strange to me, but people will buy it. It is quite expensive.
So did you go back to the Zara site? 🤣
Thanks for the mini-review.
Nail polish accord?
Nope, not for me.
I’m wearing Acqua Viva. I’m planning on yoga, upper body weight training, and reading today. I ran yesterday and my knees are complaining.
Ugh. I did yoga yesterday and have weights tomorrow, so today was NOTHING. I did take a short walk I guess.
I’m happy to report that I am now Covid-negative! I’ve celebrated with a new haircut and going out to lunch.
I’m supposed to fly up to Michigan tomorrow. Wish me luck because I’m on Delta!
My SOTD is La Ravissante. Also part of my celebration.
That’s a gorgeous teapot but the price is ridiculous!
Wishing you good airport mojo! Delta’s getting raked over the coals on NYT’s comment section re their not letting unaccompanied minors (already booked) on board following the tech outage.
Glad to hear you are Covid-negative!
I was reading about Delta in the paper this morning. Good luck!
YAY! And good luck. Mr. Skal and I missed the Delta debacle at MSP by just a few days.
Glad to hear that you are COVID negative now!
Best of luck dealing with Delta tomorrow.
Congrats and safe travels!
Hope you make it!
I’m sure the days are feeling just a little bit longer already, buy it’s very hard to compare between cloudy and clear mornings. It’s a clear morning today and I’m looking forward to some sunshine.
I’ll celebrate that with Meraki from Fort and Manle.
They must be, the days here are feeling a little bit shorter!
Smoothie is an avocado today. 23C today, sunshine, very pleasant. I picked Hugo Boss Deep Red, quite by chance my sealed bottle had turned out to be vintage but I don’t know if there are noticeable differences with the current version, anyway I always enjoy it, quite unique and tonight it’s Brecourt Farah, delicious dates and sweet cinnamon, my other dates perfume is Weil Suki Essence, equally delicious.
I tried a current version of Deep Red about a year or so ago. It was recognizable but smelled thin to me. ( from memory of when I wore it back in the day)
Ah, thank you Lillyjo, good to know, recognizable but thinner is very often the scenario these days.
Vintage Deep Red is beautiful stuff. I have a partial bottle of it.
So glad you have vintage too.
SOTD is a smaple of BDK Tobac Rose which seems like a descent of POAL, execpt that unlit, rich tobacco has been swapped in for 80% of the patchouli. I like it!
Tea today is a thunk of my Fortnum & Mason Countess Grey. Tasty, but another one I probably won’t replace because I have other Greys that I prefer. As I am typing this, I’m realizing that the Earl Grey namesake was probably related to Lady Jane Grey (and wikipedia just confirmed that for me). She has been on my mind lately after reading Wolf Hall and watching Lady Jane Grey on Amazon in quick succession.
I should make some iced Earl Grey tea the next time it gets stinking hot here.
I love Countess Grey. Several times I ran out and thought I would not replace it then ended up getting more 🙂
I’m finding I prefer greys with floral notes (rose or lavender) so their Victoria Grey is more my speed
I’m off today and currently being lazy. I cleaned earlier so I earned it. A few months ago I bought a swifter wet jet and gosh it’s so much easier than a mop and bucket. It feels like cheating.
I’m wearing bbw Coco Paradise. I’m trying to thunk it by the end of summer.
It’s not cheating if it works!
I won’t feel guilty then!
I have all sorts of gadgets (which I haven’t used). A swifter wet jet is NOT one of them, but maybe I should?
It’s so easy to mop now. Plus it seems more sanitary. I recommend it if you hate to mop.
Enjoy your time off and anything that makes household chores easier is a blessing, elbow grease is overrated.
Wearing CSP Vanille Banane layered over Lush Tender is the Night lotion. The lotion was included in one of the Kitchen Exclusive boxes a few months ago, part of the Bridgerton collection. It’s smells mostly of vanilla and yang ylang; I get a light sweet scent so it’s a nice combo with VB.
Thankfully the temps dropped about 10 degrees so it’s much more tolerable. We had some good winds last night blow the heat out.
Glad that you’re enjoying better weather for a bit.
Thank you; it was 2+ weeks so I’m glad for the break. I hope it lasts more than a few days. I saw your post about a wild storm in your neck of the woods! Scary!
Yeah, that was NOT fun! Especially for Teflon kitty.
SOTD = Dusita Splendiris
Love! I only have a travel spray and I don’t know how much I have left. I will announce when it’s gone, baby, gone. No IG post on this because I came back from a frustrating trip to Whole Foods on a very humid day … so humid I had to change my outfit. Anyway, it all started last Friday when I couldn’t bring up my Prime code. I went to Customer Service and got a courtesy discount. Same thing happened today — neither did Amazon In-Store code work nor did the native Whole Foods work AND THE STORE WAS NOT GOING TO GIVE ME A COURTESY DISCOUNT. I said Customer Service gave me a discount on Friday and what changed over the weekend that they are no longer doing courtesy discounts. Of course they blamed it on the customer service rep, called the manager over, same thing. Finally, one of the CSRs took pity on me and asked if I wanted to use her code instead. Me, I don’t care as long as I got my discount.
I managed to post something on IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C9yHatcxERk/?igsh=MXJxZXE0bGJuczNpNQ==
And Robin, that’s a beautiful teapot! I of course thought about the Missoni x Target collab from a few years ago and thought I could get away with spending $24.99 for it …
Ha, I wish!
The Missoni x Target was my favorite Target collab. I have one of the dresses and I wear it all the time. I also have a gorgeous coat (which unfortunately no longer fits me)
Whole Foods used to be so much better. 😠
I hope the discount works next time so you don’t have to go through that again.
Are you thinking of a full bottle of Splendiris? I have two bottles. They are very reasonably priced on some of the perfume sites. I think under $100.
$80 on Fragrancebuy. No affiliation.
Back in L’Eau de Chloe again today. This might be the start of a perfume monogamous streak…
I’m really wanting to try all the Chloé now.
I think my SOTD might be made of Unobtainium now. I haven’t seen any for sale in a while.
Chloe is underrated, I bet you smell great, IIRC there has been two versions of l’Eau?
Not sure if there were 2 versions. If there was, mine is the 2012 version with the silver cap that tarnished quickly.
There is L’eau de Chloe (chartreuse juice, chartreuse ribbon), which I think is discontinued, and Chloe L’eau (baby pink juice, baby pink ribbon). They are different but both are have the Chloe EdP DNA.
My favorite was Love, Chloe. It had a rice note in it. I really liked it.
Love, Chloe was a solidly made perfume. But it didn’t move me the way L’Eau de Chloe does.
Such a bummer that both perfumes were discontinued.
Your Love, Chloe gets much love from me!