Saturday is National Watermelon Day, Sunday is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, Monday is National Couscous Day. We're marking all the food holidays with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, what you're cooking and eating this weekend, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is Swissness [cropped] by Rosmarie Voegtli at flickr; some rights reserved.
I wish it wasn’t too hot to bake chocolate chip cookies — haven’t done that in years, and they’re so good freshly baked. Come to think of it, that might be why I haven’t. 🤣
My SOTM is Paris-Deauville, partly because I love it in the heat, but mostly because it will have faded by the time the post office delivers my new bottle of (pause to squeeeee) Au Delà Narcisse! I’ve already made a spot for it on the perfume shelf.
Enjoy your new bottle!
Congrats on your new beauty!
Your new bottle sounds nice.
Such a great scent! Enjoy that FB!
Oh my goodness, people — all of you who said Au Delà Narcisse was magical were spot on! Absolutely amazing scent that I will probably wear to death over the next few weeks. Two Fzotic soaps were also in this order, and I can’t decide which one to try first, Limonata or Toasted Lilac. I hear he’s working on an EDP version of Toasted Lilac that might be pretty great too.
So do tell about this amazing scent. Maybe I will need to get a sample.
Oh man, I am not great at comprehensive reviews of fragrances, but here goes: it starts off very green (like snapped-stems green) with a pronounced narcissus note. After 30 or so minutes, the green-ness retreats to the background a little and the scent becomes more of a classic floral chypre, with jasmine and orange blossom joining the narcissus, on an oakmossy, slightly ambery base. The sillage hangs about a foot off the skin, which is interesting — the whiffs I catch in the air around me are more complex and floral than if I press my nose to my wrist. The Fzotic website calls it “modern vintage” and I think that’s spot-on too.
Thanks. On to my sample list.
Hmm…going to need to try this one when I get back.
For someone who claims not to be good at it, you’ve given us a very nice and evocative description–thank you!
Thanks everyone! And I can now report that the Fzotic Limonata soap is very good too. 😁
Thank you to everyone who expressed concern about my mom. She spent one night in hospital, came home Friday afternoon and is just fine now. Other family came up to see her so I continue to be behind on everything, hope to catch up on comments Sunday.
Glad she is fine now!
Glad your Mom is OK!
🌹🤗🍀
So glad your mum is OK now.
Glad to hear she is doing ok!
Sending get well wishes
I’m glad your mom is doing well, Robin. That must be a real relief!
Well hold down the fort here while you’re attending to family. ❤️
Oh, so happy to hear this!
I’m glad all is going well with your mom!
Good news, thanks for letting us know.
So glad she’s now safe and sound, you can relax now.
I’m glad she’s home now!
I’m very glad to hear that your mother is OK.
Glad that your mom is back home.
sending love to you and your mom
I am glad your Mum is ok, Robin. I am sure that was quite a stressful ordeal.
That’s good news
very good news indeed.
So glad to hear your mom’s doing well!
I am behind, too (by at least two weeks!); glad to hear that your mom’s hospital stay was a short one and that all is well.
Good to hear. Hope you are doing ok as well
Thanks all!! Her symptoms were scary but short lived, and I am very happy to say that the hospital where I had my son many many years ago is still wonderful. Everyone was lovely in the emergency room and in the clinical ward after she was admitted.
SOTD = Dior Dune EDT
🧡 it! Why don’t I wear this more often?
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-NdVYoRrDw/?igsh=MTU5MWF5bG9tZDgwdQ==
And … my Caturday post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-NecVbxlD-/?igsh=MXJ5emRiZXhteXNoeA==
Bath & Body Works is now full on Halloween 🎃! And by the way, the distribution of laundry soap and fragrance booster has changed. My B&BW now has them as opposed to just being online. No, I have used neither of the ones I have; soon, soon, I promise!
I will have to check if my store here has the laundry detergent.
Do let us know!
I just came back from there and they didn’t have any.
I need to stock up on the Fall wallflower refills and air freshner. Fall collection has the best scents and I use them throughout the year.
I like them too.
Good to know! I have never used wallflowers.
Dune! I need to get some more.
Vintage Dune is wonderful stuff.
Assam of India
Cooking all the great produce I bought from the farm right down my road which recently opened up a very small farm store that also has canned goods, body products, fresh pasta and homemade bread. I’ve been shopping a lot there because I feel strongly about supporting local businesses. Plus the fruit and vegetables are unbelievably delicious and pesticide free.
And the rum apple butter on sourdough bread is to die for!!!
Yum, pass some my way! 😋
Passing you some! Enjoy!!
That sounds delicious!
It certainly is! The strawberry butter is delicious too
You just can’t beat homemade bread!
Agree!!!!! 🍞 🍞🍞🍞
I’m envious of your farm store. We have 3 hours of farm market action here once a week, and I missed it this morning because I just couldn’t wake up. I’ll have to find another one later this week!
It sure beats having to wait until the Saturday farmer’s market which is what I’ve done for years! Plus when they are tending the farm they have self serve so even if the store isn’t open the produce is still for sale outside
Yep, Saturdays here, too! 😄
How great is that! Fresh delicious produce just down the road.
It’s a Godsend!!!
Happy Weekend!
SOTD!
Ex Nihilo Gold Immortals.Reminds me of something from Kilian and/or Louis Vuitton.Pretty good!
Donatella will be VERY proud this quarter…LOL!Got some newbies that was on my wishlist since forever,including my favorite-favorite heliotrope fragrance,Etro’s Heliotrope.
Have a good weekend all!🌹🕺🏼✌🏻
Congrats on the new goodies!
Thanks!🌹✌🏻
If you like heliotrope you really need to get your hands on LT Piver Heliotrope Blanc. I bought a 14.25 oz bottle of around $20 at an online discounter. I plan on using it a lot this winter.
I wish it was easily accessible for me,but the Heliotrope Blanc has not made its way to these shores ever!Pity because many people have mentioned it as one of the best heliotrope perfumes out there!Enjoy your bottle!
I need to get this when I return to the US. Which discounter?
I can’t remember if I got mine from fragrancenet or Fragrancex but last I checked they both have it. Have you tried it or would you be buying it blind?
Héliotrope is such a great scent, a classic.
I went though my first bottle in record time,and then could not find it for while!Untill now!🕺🏼🕺🏼
Enjoy your new scents, Etro Heliotrope is so good.
SO good!🙈
Sydney is slowly getting back to her normal self but the vet is still waiting for the culture’s to see what adjustments to the meds are needed. Yesterday I wore the original Coco. I wore it because Chanel prices have gotten silly and it doesn’t smell like cocoa like the name suggests.
Today I am wearing Amouage Ubar today. Haven’t worn Ubar in forever.
Glad Sydney is on the mend!
Yay Sydney go Sydney! 🙂
I’m glad Sydney is getting better and I like your pick for the CP.
Happy weekend everyone!
Sotd is Bvlgari Chill & Sole layered with Magnifying Neroli. Smells like liquid holiday and sun beams; nice stuff. I don’t think I will buy them but if Santa puts them in my stocking I would be more than excited.
Went to Iconsiam (a new and gorgeous mall by the Chaopraya River) today. There is an amazing street food hall on the ground floor filled with countless stalls of delicacies and handicraft souvenirs. I spent 2 or 3 hours there alone no kidding! I did my tourist duty and bought so much souvenirs: Thai silk scarves, elephant themed trinkets, silver accessories, snacks!!!, wind chime…
Tomorrow will sadly be my last day, I do not want to go home yet!
Sounds wonderful! I love buying souvenirs.
The shopaholic in me had a blast!
Ah but you can plan another trip there.
So true! Definitely won’t mind going again.
Your trip sounds wonderful!
It really is! So much to see, eat, buy and take in.
What a great trip! I’m sure the scarves are gorgeous, they’re my weakness.
The scarves are so beautiful. Thai silk can be pricey but the quality is high and so worth it. Can’t wait till Fall so I can show them off!
Sounds like a fun trip!
Loved every minute!
I need to get back there. I loved the silk while I was there, but was a broke grad student. 🙂
Perhaps it can be your next holiday destination? 😀
Watching a lot of Olympics these days since its hotter than the hinges in hell here..
I walked one block and my wet hair was dried instantly!
I will take any chocolate any day and love couscous.
Fragrant hugs to all 🙂
Same here. I love chocolate!
Opposite here…it is so humid that I walked around the block and now I feel damp 🙂
I love all those foods! 🍉🍪🌾 No couscous emoji, of course, so wheat will have to suffice.
I am stealing a page from Robin’s book today and wearing the wonderful Azemour from my brand-new bottle! I couldn’t resist the code from BeautyHabit which *someone* mentioned here, and if I could remember who it was, I would award an enabler pin. ⭐️
I have a general question today. We’re going to a high school graduation party, so I got a tiny gift but want to put a check in the card, too. Her parents are good friends of ours. How much would be appropriate? We don’t have kids ourselves, so I’m pretty clueless. 🤓 TIA!
I will just throw out a number of $50, but if that is too much, I am sure anything would be appreciated.
Since you are good friends with the parents I would say $100 to keep up with inflation
I originally was going to say $50.00 but cm8 has a point about being good friends and $100.00. If the small gift is expensive though, I go back to $50.00. Lol, I am no help!
How small is the small gift? I would write a check that would bring the total up to $100.
I was going to originally say $100 but thought you may think that was too high. So, I will change to that😂
I usually do $100. I think you should do what doesn’t stretch your wallet…some people do more, some do less, graduates aren’t dumb they understand 🙂
SOTD is Leather Jardin. It is probably too hot and humid for it, but I am staying indoors so I think it is fine.
Just went to a little stand today and got some fresh sweet (candy) corn on the cob for suppers this weekend and also a few tomatoes.
I forgot that I had a question too. I recently bought a few shower gels from Lush and it has been about a week. I have not gotten any message about when they will be shipping this. Usually, you hear from places in a few days. Do they tend to be slow? I don’t know as it has been years since I ordered anything from them. TIA.
If they already took the money, I would call if you don’t hear anything by Monday. I have never ordered from Lush before though.
No, they haven’t taken the money yet.
I get their monthly boxes automatically; sometimes the shipping is super late so there isn’t really any rhyme or reason to it. But their customer service is really good (in my experience).
Thanks. Funny, as soon as I posted this, they sent me an email saying it was shipped.
Oh that’s awesome! Glad they’re on the way.
Robin, I’m so happy to hear your mom is home and on the mend!
Today seems to be a very gourmand kind of day with all the edibles mentioned up 🔝. Also will add I just got an email from CSP introducing a new scent- watermelon, sandalwood, and amber…I’m curious to try it!
Sticking with the foodie theme, I went with Fils de Dieu (of course!) which everyone knows it one of my favorites.
I’m starting my next beading project Sunday, teaching a friend, neighbor, and co-worker an easy beaded wrap bracelet. We’re both doing our own colorways, so I’m excited to see how they differ. She is an absolute doll, about four foot nothing, weeble-wobble round, and sporting a pure white pageboy with a jaunty side barrette. One of those rare people who is just naturally lovely and kind. Not a fake bone in her body. She doesn’t know it but I’m planning on giving her a great big hug and squeeze, along with a smootch on her round little cheek before we go our separate ways. She has some very early signs of dementia (imo) and really can’t work on her own, but is getting along just fine with a very protective and caring husband. I may shed a tear or two when the season ends. It’s been a joy to work and hang out with her. ❤️
Happy weekend to all!
Sounds like you are having a very nice summer Deva.
Deva, you are lovely and kind 🩷
Also… Weelble Wobble!🤣👍
Sounds like fun, enjoy.
Glad you’re able to enjoy your work time, Deva! Sometimes it’s the people who make all the difference.
I saw your lovely beadwork on IG. It’s gorgeous; you have quite a talent! How wonderful to be able to share with your friend.
She is home, and I have already been back to the hospital to pick up the items she left there 😉
Hope the beading went great today!!
I am at a conference, and it turns out there is Chanel boutique about three minutes’ walk from my hotel.
Which Exclusifs would you try? (“All of them” is not realistic.) I have 31RC and 28LP, plus a teeny tiny vial of Cuir de Russie. I love all three, but 31RC sometimes overpowers me. My favorite notes are iris and leather; I am coming around to rose.
Box of Eels? Le Lion? Misia?
Misia, Comète and Le Lion sound good.
Le Lion and No.22 are my favorites.
Misia and Box of Eels.
I would say No.18,my favorite from the line and the only one I have a vat (200mls!) of.
The new Comete was also love at second sniff!
Milia reminded me of Lipstick Rose. Coromandel is lovely and Sycamore is elegant although is is still aro?
Thanks, everyone, for the feedback. I didn’t go, in the end — the hot and dangerously stormy weather messed with a lot of other plans and it just didn’t happen. But I will bookmark these recs for my next Big City trip.
Now sitting at the airport; so far, looks like and on-time flight with no weather delays. Fingers crossed.
Hope that plane took off on time!
It is yet another hot as hades day here, expected to last through tomorrow, then at last on Monday it will cool down. This is the longest extreme heat spell we’ve had here, a full 8 days. Normally we get 3 days in a row then a cool down. I feel sorry for those without AC, it is so bad with the high humidity. I’m inside under the AC wearing Amouage Dia. Would love to bake cookies but don’t want to turn on the oven….
I don’t want to turn the oven on either.
I rarely use the oven in the summer
Keep cool, you smell lovely.
Thanks, everyone, for your comments about the grad gift. We were thinking $100, so it looks as if we’re all in agreement! 🙌🏻
🙂
Smoothie is fresh strawberries.
Back to rather too cool temp for summer, 21C. I chose Jean Couturier Coriandre today and tonight I am in Miss Dior Chérie edp that I haven’t worn in forever. I have a partial bottle of the 2005 version, bought cheaply 8 years ago, around 50ml and a newish bottle of the 2011 version EDP which I prefer vastly and although blink and you would have missed it which is a shame, it’s a lovely fruity chypre, so that’s the version I’m wearing now.
I remember not liking Miss Dior Cherie when it came out. I don’t remember why. I ended up buying it as a gift for someone though. Now, of course I wish I would have kept it for myself.
Oh Lillyjo I bet you would enjoy the 2011 version, much more elegant than 2005 but it wasn’t in production for long, something like two years I think.
Lillyjo, adding you will find that the 2011 version EDP is listed on Fragrantica as simply Miss Dior Chérie edp.
I’m enjoying another quiet weekend, but I will have to get sufficiently motivated to go to the supermarket. That was supposed to be yesterday, but the car battery was flat. It happens quite often because we don’t use the car a lot, so we bought a battery charger a few years ago. The car should be raring to start this morning.
Perfume-wise, I’ll wear Mad Madame again, it’s still on my clothes from yesterday’s attempt to get to the supermarket.
Mad Madame is really great.
Going old-school today with some vintage Paco Rabanne Pour Homme. I didn’t discover it until the mid ’80s, when I was in my early twenties. I knew next to nothing about fragrances for men, and I’d certainly never heard the word “fougère.” But I remember thinking how elegant I felt wearing it. I also remember a beautiful young woman telling me she loved it, and that she thought the shape of the bottle was very sexy.
Needless to say, I always wore it in her company.
That’s a lovely story 🤍
Love your story!
I went to bbw for their sale today. I ended up getting one body spray for 6 dollars. Blueberry Bundt Cake. It reminds me of the BooBerry cereal from when I was a kid. I’m not too much of a food scent lover, but I will wear this when I am not in the mood for real perfume. Like today.
I really need to go through my perfume and figure out what to do with the one’s I don’t wear anymore.
Just looked up your BBW scent. It sounds pretty fun! Maybe you can also layer it with one of your languishing fragrances?
I’m wearing Arquiste Indigo Smoke today in defiance of the horrible weather. I got tired of light summer scents. Yesterday I stopped at. Whole Foods to buy a bouquet for my mom. It’s on the way to her place. They had such a gorgeous array of leeks that I kept thinking about making vichyssoise. So today I went and bought all the ingredients! (To a different While Foods though, one closer to me.) I’m not much motivated to cook in this weather and won’t turn on my oven for months, but if I wait til tonight I can make this and blend it and then have it nice and chilled for tomorrow! I’m excited! I also got some of their dark chocolate cookies with chocolate chips and they’re really fudgy and good! I’m celebrating that holiday early.
Ooh la la, cold vichyssoise sounds delicious.
I must say, it’s pretty delicious! I guess it ought to be considering how much butter and heavy cream have gone into it! I’m sharing the batch with a friend and will be delivering it to her house later this afternoon. The directions say to garnish it if I wish with some chopped chives, but I might use a bit of dill instead. I have some fresh dill on hand and think it might taste good and look pretty. The only problem with this dish is that it’s not all that beautiful looking if you want to take a nice picture of it. Must find a pretty bowl and then add the dill. Right?
One of my earliest memories of specific food was my mother making vichyssoise for a dinner party and she gave me a tiny bowl. I was about 7 years old. I thought it was the best thing I ever tasted.
I salute you! I am never all that motivated to cook, but with the heat this summer I am truly not interested. Just had hot dogs for dinner 🙂
(With a beet salad and roasted asparagus, so maybe not as dire as it sounds, but still.)
Thunderboomies and rain where I am right now. I wish I could send a bit of the rain to the parched and thirsty western U.S. Wore Crystal Honey today, tomorrow I am planning Cashmere Aura, and then I am rounding it off on Monday with some Coco. But I may switch the Cashmere with Coco Mango rollerball from Auric Blends, I haven’t decided yet. The only store that carried that line closed shop a while ago and it was a big disappointment. Have a nice weekend!
The west can have my rain too 😉
Still in Ubar but about to get into the shower. Today’s choices are Coromandel, Sycomore or Jubilation 25. It’s been so hot and humid. My dad has said he can’t remember the last time there has been so many stretches of hot weather. But today is the day we move a dresser into my room. We both are not looking forward to this project.
Hope it is all moved and everyone is relaxing 🙂
Rose 🌹 Prick
Should of wore this on Friday as it’s a silly name 😝
Too many TF’s to pick from for silly names!Lol!
So true!
Too hot here lately, and then I drove from the coast in to my dad’s where it is hot — 41 C the day before we arrived, and surprisingly a bit humid. Also lots of fire smoke. And he doesn’t have air conditioning. Sigh. It did cool off last night, though.
Drove 7 hours with the cat in the car yesterday; she was NOT happy to start but eventually accepted her fate and chilled out in the carrier. Fortunately they didn’t make me take her in for inspection at the border. It took her a night to warm up to her temporary home, but she seems good now. Lots to explore.
I’m realizing now that I took all my samples out of my travel toiletries bag and packed them with the decants in one of the big duffel bags, which I’m not going to dive into. (They are precisely packed to weigh just under 23 kg each.) So SOTD may be anything interesting I can find at the small Nordstrom here today.
I’m glad kitty made the trip well and is now settling in.
41 C is crazy!Stay cool!Today was a lovely 26 C here.xo’s
No SOTD yet as I’m about to go out to sweat my tukus off. Did slap on some deodorant as a public service. 😅
I’ve been watching the journey my mail has taken the past week and a half- from Oregon, to SLC, then a couple cities in Oklahoma, then to Colorado, and as of yesterday, back in SLC. I’m hoping to get the package sometime before I die. It’s cloudy and overcast, not a stitch of breeze, calm as a crypt, and just a bit ominous feeling. My sinuses are in an uproar. My mood is most definitely “meh.” 😏
I hope everyone else’s weekend is a bit more exciting! 🙃
Not that it is any of my business, but is your package nice smelling things like perfumes, lotions, etc.?
No, although I am tempted to order a couple of samples because I really want to try Epona from Papillon Perfumes, which was just released here in the US on the first and a couple of others. The package is a bunch of beads for some projects I have mapped out in the future. Nothing I have to have RIGHT NOW, but watching it circle almost the entire western US has been interesting. Where it will finally land, no one knows…🤦🏻♀️
It does appear to have had a roundabout trip to get to you.
SOTD is the wonderful Splendiris. I have so many iris scents, but this is one of my favorites!
Hope everyone is having a nice weekend. I have been reading The Wedding People that is the B & N Book Club pick this month. If there is such a thing, I would say the genre would be romantic comedy. It is a very enjoyable read and I highly suggest it.
You smell lovely!
Thanks!
Splendiris is just lovely!
I know it is a favorite of yours.
I found this unidentifiable bottle in my perfume stash, wearing that one and trying to figure out what it is. It has the SL DNA, something with lots of spices, cinnamon mostly. It smells sooo good. It’s still very hot in Montreal, staying inside with the AC and from time to time taking a dip in the pool.
I have a little dish of unlabeled things that I have given up on identifying 🙂
Happy Sunday!
Etro Heliotrope of course.There are not many bottles I thunked over the years that I missed A LOT,but this was definitely one!
The other unattainable one is original Monsieur Balmain.
Any rec’s for somethimg similar to the Balmain?(Bitter effervescent lemons!)
Happy Sunday JB!
From Kevin:
https://freebox.it.com/2012/01/19/sisley-eau-dikar-fragrance-review/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
https://freebox.it.com/2008/01/04/acqua-di-parma-colonia-intensa-fragrance-review/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Many thanks!
Wearing And The World Is Yours today…a wonderful orange blossom bomb. 🍊🍨💣
This is from what a I call a Full Circle Swap eheheh ⭕️ I swapped it away (maybe to hajusuuri methinks) b/c I young, naive 😆 and foolishly not that into orange blossom. Then my nose had an awakening and I stumbled upon a sample and was like “damn, this is good stuff!” A kind NSTer (sorry…not sure who 🙁 ) swapped me her bottle and the circle was complete…just like Vader tells Obi-Wan. 🥰
Oh yay!
This weekend I wore Azemour and California Reverie
That sounds like a good weekend pairing.
I’m wishing I brought a decant of Azemour for this move. Instead I was in frenzied packing and just refilled the decants I made for my move in 2015, rather than making new ones. I will miss Azemour for the next 5 months.
I was working some this weekend. We are entering another “heat dome” and I don’t mind being inside. But I am heading into
I wore a sample of Jorum Spiritcask today. I do get the “booze” aspect but dries down to a powdery vanilla.
Now I am wondering what you are heading into!
SOTD = Jo Malone Amber & Patchouli
… from the Huntsman Collection. Very nice!
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-RMlJPxPUd/?igsh=MThmM3JsOWFteXBpMQ==
That is a handsome bottle, I’d forgotten all about it.
CSP Vanille Banane today. I smell like straight up fun! Or like a box of banana Runts and I’m not mad about it! Day off but lots to do since I have to drive to civilization for dog and human provisions. An hour and a half each way so it’s an all day expedition.
According to my mail updates, my package is still touring the Western United States and doesn’t look to be landing at home base anytime soon! 🤣
Happy Monday!
Today is the last day of my vacation before I go back to work tomorrow. Spending time in Pichola. I don’t regret getting Pichola.
I got my little (very little) bottle of La Chasse aux Papillions bath gel – I didn’t notice it was an 8 bottle – expensive if it was twice the size. But, it is amazingly smoothing and moisturizing on my skin, and hours later, I still smell really good, so whatever they did to extend the lasting time on skin, makes it well worth it for now. I will see how my bank account and I feel after it is gone. We have high humidity rain with thunder claps here, and, after a forecaster lull, more hours of the same rolling in this after noon. Working on getting my filing up todate – and when I get tired of that, I think a nice nap is in my future! Hope Monday is treating everyone well!
SOTD = Mugler Muse EDP
Still with the volume not going down despite the 8 sprays! I have no complaints though! 😍
https://www.instagram.com/p/C-S5T5WxJ4q/?igsh=cHJyNmtqOXF6azNo
Well….it was MONDAY.
SOTD!
Salle Privee Le Temps Perdue.
One of my colleagues adore this scent so today I gave her the travel mini I took to work for top-ups.
In even more exciting news,my favorite Marvis Liquorice toothpaste is finally back in stock,and I plan to hoard as many as the budget allows!Lol!
XO’s
I love Marvis toothpaste, I got a new one with Osmanthus which i love, i will have to try liquorice one.