It's Hump Day and World Children’s Day. Birthdays: Nadine Gordimer, June Christy, Dr. John, Duane Allman. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Tauer Perfumes Incense Flash.
Reminder: on 11/22, we're off to Nepal! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Nepal, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Nepal, or that features a local ingredient, or ?
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 Boudhanath [cropped] by Xiquinho Silva at flickr; some rights reserved. [The Boudhanath stupa — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — is in Kathmandu.)
I’m wearing La Panthere edp, from a mini. I always forget about this one, and really enjoy it.
LOVE this one 🙂
I am commando for a doctor’s appointment this morning and making my dreaded weekly trip to the grocery store. When I get home, I plan to wear copious amounts of vintage Coco and I’ll take points for clove.
Enjoy your day everyone 🌹
Doctor appointment twins! You will be smelling great later!
Hope everything goes well, lillyjo.
Good luck to you both today. Hope everything goes well for you two.
I do not mind my weekly shop so much, but am mystified by people who go more frequently…I cannot be bothered and would rather run out of things. Unless it’s half and half which is dire.
Hope the appt went well!
I go 4-5x per week and my fridge is kind of empty. I have been good about using up stuff in my freezer.
My sister & her husband go nearly every day. I could not stand it! She could not stand to go once a week. So, we all have our habits 🙂
My fridge is neither empty nor full. I do run out of things if I’ve planned poorly but other than half and half (ok, maybe also ice cream) I can make do.
Well, my mom’s old caretaker did the shopping and cooking and I miss her! So I’m shopping for two households now and everyone has their half and half equivalent that must not run out 😊
Oh, that is hard!
I am with you about dreading the grocery shopping unless it’s a smallish nice place with personalized service, but unfortunately these kind of places doesn’t exist much anymore.
I order online now.
I don’t mind the trip to the grocery store, it’s the bill at the end.
Yeah, then there’s that.
Ugh, it’s just painful.
Hello.
Still down with the flu. My sinuses are stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey. So no perfume today and plus I just checked my mum in to the hospital for her discectomy (treatment for herniated disc) tomorrow afternoon. I will be in the living in the hospital with her for the next 3-4 days so that also means no perfume.
I hope I can take care of her properly being only partially functional myself.
Just dropping by to say hello to you all despite being unscented!
Best of health wishes to you and your Mom!
Wow that is a lot going on! Hope you feel better soon and that your moms procedure goes well!
Ugh! Sending more good wishes to you both.
Oh my goodness, that’s a lot on your plate. Hope you are feeling better soon and that everything goes smoothly with your mom.
Sending my good wishes, also. Hope you both recover quickly.
Oh, my goodness you do have a lot going on. Take care of yourself and mom too.
I know you know this, happy888cat – but take care of yourself or you cannot help anyone else.
Thinking of you both.
Oh no. This is too much! I hope you both feel better soon. Can someone help you so that you can have some much-needed rest? Flu can have serious complications if you don’t take care of yourself.
Feel better soon and hope the treatment will help your mother.
Hoo boy, that is a lot to deal with.
I have a very busy day off and I am procrastinating. I have to go down to the hospital for a test today and then have another test tomorrow at the Doctor’s office. I tried to schedule everything before it starts snowing but it looks like that will happen overnight.
I am back in Devotion today.
Hope your tests go well!🤞 We have an alert weather day tomorrow. ❄️
Stay safe! I think I am getting 2-3 inches but they say it’s not expected to stick around.
Thanks! You stay safe too! I have no idea how much we are supposed to get. I think I tuned that part of the forecast out. I’m still in denial.🤣
Hope you enjoyed the procrastination time lillyjo, you deserve it.
Aww.. thanks Robin!
The cold and snow seems like it snuck in but it’s almost Thanksgiving, after all. Hope you are able to get your testing done with minimal effort lillyjo.
Thanks ringthing!
Good luck!
Thanks!
Smelling good!
We have blowing snow. We didn’t get much, but the wind makes it feel bitter out. I guess it is that time of year.
Hope your tests come out well.
Thanks! Blowing snow yuk! It’s that time of year indeed.
Good luck with the tests.
Thank you!
Good luck with the weather and the tests!
Thanks!
I hope the weather cooperates and your tests go well🌸
Thank you!
Fingers crossed that you get good news from both those tests!
My brother had a doctor appointment this morning, too.
Thanks! I hope your brother is well.
He is! Today was just a follow up appointment for him. The doc said things looked good.
I’m in No 5 L’eau. Only points for smelling good. I caught a glimpse of blue sky today on the drive to work. Hoping for sun.🌞
You smell great!
We haven’t had much sun lately either. Kind of gloomy again today with our blowing snow. Decided to stay in after my errands and made a pecan pie.
I get intermediate peeks of the sun.
I am continuing with my Nepal-themed layerings. It is rather warm today, so it’s another fresh and green combo while I leave the heavier blends for Thursday and Friday.
D.S. & Durga Coriander + Diptyque Tam Dao
Durga is a goddess worshipped in Nepal. Regarding individual notes, cypress (Tam Dao), coriander, and pepper (Coriander) were already mentioned yesterday. However, I found some interesting information about rope incense making in Nepal:
“Rope incense is made primarily from cedarwood, sandalwood, juniper, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves all ground down to a fine powder and mixed with resins like Frankincense and myrrh which add to the rich earthy quality and control the slow burn.”
Coriander has juniper needle and clove stem, while Tam Dao has sandalwood.
I like this perfume combination – crisp, green, and spicy (Coriander) with meditative and serene (Tam Dao).
ooh, love your layering choices, Glannys. And all the lovely information. Take care of yourself and your loved ones. I am thinking of you!
Thank you, Denise!
By the way, I did not expect so many replies to my comment yesterday. Glad to see you guys like my layerings and are interested in the nerdy stuff I find online.
It was truly helpful, thank you! Your layerings are creative and sound really nice.
Fantastic. You win the day for sure.
Hello all!
Wearing a spritz or three of 31 Rue Cambon EdP (which I like just as much as the EdT.). It feels like fall today but I ended up leaving my coat in my car. I’m pretty warm-blooded so I got hot just walking to class.
I have 2! Exams today but luckily both of them can (and probably will) be dropped unless I make over a 90. So I’m prepared but not freaked like usual. I did find out my biochemistry and calculus 3 finals are the same day though. 🙁
Have a great day everyone!
Good luck on the finals, Coumarin. May Rue Cambon spark your brain into test overdrive today.
I almost wore that perfume today but then changed my mind. You smell wonderful.
Good luck with your tests today.
Good luck!
Good luck with your exams!
Sampling Andrea Maack Pavilions today, so the title alone should quaify me for the CP, right? Notes are praline, honey, saffron, rose, vanilla, amber, and oud, so the scent itself may earn me double points.
Ultimately, this one is waaay too sweet and gourmandy for me, which on my skin turns to a cloying blanket. It reminds me a bit of Dior Addict or Givenchy Indecence, the originals, so those who love perfumes in that bailiwick might approve. Thinking about the CP this week makes me realize that a large % of my collection is ambers, incenses, woods, spicy warm things. But I shy away from the sweet end of that spectrum.
My collection is the same. At one point I described it as “brooding.”
Ha – I love “brooding.” My collection is such a weird mix. I need to think of a cool descriptor.
I am wearing Coqui Flor de Naranjo and drinking a cup of English Breakfast tea.
Oh, how is that one? It might be one of the ones Kevin loved, can’t remember.
16 sprays of Burberry Brit eau de toilette original formulation is my scent of the day.
Did anyone watch the Starship launch? My co-workers are telling me it was spectacular!
You’re killing me with all that lavender! Lol!
I will give myself half a point for the cardamom note in Bel Ami. I noticed recently that it was no longer offered on the Hermes website, so I decided I would try to figure out how important it is to me to find that elusive vintage bottle. First I ordered a bottle of the current edt formulation, which arrived yesterday. Then I found a vintage mini that should arrive sometime soon. The current version is rather weak but still pretty, and I have a feeling that vintage is definitely the way to go … but we’ll see.
P.S. The bomb cyclone was fairly kind to the Portland area — hoping that springpansy and anyone else up north of here are okay.
All fine here and also for our two sons who live in the area. I hope everyone gets power back soon and stays safe.
Phew! And I hope so too.
Oh I’m glad to hear that! I didn’t see any headlines so I was hoping no news is good news.
Glad you both are ok!
Good to hear that you didn’t get “bombed out” from that storm!
Anatole Lebreton Bois Lumiere for me today. I liked the opening, but in the end it has too much honey for me, even though it’s fairly restrained. Also there was something in the late drydown that took on that celery smell I get from perfumes that are going off.
Will have to move on to something else for my SOTE, but haven’t figured out what. Supposed to be cold here tonight. Low temperatures will be down near 0C until Sunday, when they suddenly are supposed to go to 17C. No idea what’s going on with the weather here, but it’s nuts.
Eek, celery!
There’s one perfume in the line that has a celery note on purpose — Racine Carrée. Luca Turin calls the addition of celery “brilliant” My notes on it are that I think I might enjoy it in summer — it’s a very dry iris with vetiver and a hint of celery. But there it’s on purpose. I don’t think it’s on purpose in the scent I tried today. I enjoyed the scent until about 3 hours after I’d sprayed.
Ew, celery notes usually tell me that something is aging badly. That and acetone.
Inspired by Kris yesterday, I’m wearing Iris Poudre today. It’s a beautiful morning after our “bomb cyclone” last night. Over 600,000 people are without power in western Washington, but we were fine. In fact, it didn’t seem as stormy as many other times. I think the SpringPansy household was just fortunate this time. Maybe our location helped.
Sending some light (literally and figuratively) and fragrant hugs your way.
Thank you – I’ll send it on to all those without power or having difficulties! (But I’ll keep the fragrant hugs. ♥ )
Well, of course you smell fabulous.
Glad you are okay at your house. Is Allo okay too?
She is! We texted this morning.
I’m okay, thank you! Springpansy and I are in the same vicinity and were somehow spared. I agree with her that it didn’t seem that stormy where we are but so many people were affected right around us.
I know you guys lived in the same vicinity so I had a feeling she would know if you were okay😉
Oh, well THAT must be what someone was referring to in a call tonight, assuming I’d been affected too, since I’m normally in Vancouver. Huh. It was plenty windy in central Germany yesterday, but not like that.
Yep – I think the big issue was trees coming down (scary), and some of them landed on wires.
Glad that you guys made out OK with the weather. You smell fantastic today!
Thank you!
Happy to hear that the Seattle contingent of NST is safe and sound!
In some Who Knew? for some bright and green rosiness on cold and rainy day.
I really need to try that line…I suppose I could order a sample set while I’m in the neighbourhood, but things are just…harder from the UK now. It may be as easy to do from Canada. Anyway, bright and green rosiness sounds lovely.
Woke up this morning to a long complaining email in my inbox. I remembered how my grandmother, (whose voice I can’t even remember she has been gone so long) would say things like “Bless her sweet heart” when she was confronted with hostility by someone. So my response was “bless your heart for a long thoughtful email!” LOL!
I am sticking with reading Horse (thank you Annie)
Watching Godless on Netflix. I love Michelle Dockery so I am hoping this show is good. I abandon the other show I was watching.
SOTD is Rose Prick-not as good as POAL-but I am in the mood for deep dark roses … open to suggestions 🙂
I find ELdO Eau de Protection to be a spicy, somewhat dark rose.
Have you explored DSH perfumes? I think she has a way with roses and Inner Sanctum is one of my favorite dark roses. Andy Tauer has a nice rose touch, too. Ungaro Diva is cheap online, another big bossy rose.
I plan to wear Aramis Calligraphy Rose and Mon Nom est Rouge this week. Both are darker takes on rose.
I also tend to perceive rose oud scents as dark rose perfumes, although I understand I am generalizing.
The original Agent Provocateur is a wonderful dark rose. I have a BUB of it. And it’s ridiculously cheap for something so good.
Also am a fan of Atelier Cologne Rose Anonyme, but I think that’s d/c’ed.
FM Une rose & Le Labo Rose 31 are both deep, complex, enjoyable rose scents for me.
I’m wearing Salomé by Papillon Perfumes today. Not sure if it has any note connection to Nepal, but I’m wearing it today in support of female solidarity. There are females in Nepal, I’m quite sure!
Not sure if anyone else is following along with the Gisele Pelicot trials, but I do wish there was some way for me to reach out to this brave woman from across the pond and offer my support, meaningless as it may be. As any woman who has been a victim of male violence knows, the shame can be unbearable and disabling, not to mention the physical injuries. She’s an indomitable force and I admire her tremendously.
✊Female Power!
Yes, I’ve been following and I’m so impressed by her bravery. Reading about it in media in three or four countries, none of which are France. I too would like to tell her what an example she has been and how much I support her.
Oh dear, I was following it but am on a near news blackout now…headlines only, and have not seen a headline about her in ages. Off to google.
Yes. Her courage is astonishing and inspiring.
I’m going with the incense and tea aspects of the CP today and wearing Indigo Smoke.
You smell good! I wore that yesterday!
I am not sure that this fits the CP but I am wearing Mitsouka for the spices, although I do not know what spices are in this scent.
Kris…. about your comment about customer service yesterday ( I didn’t see it until this morning) I think it is age. It used to be you wanted to do a good job even if you were in a less than desirable job ( like retail/service) now people do their job based on their pay. I constantly hear things like ” I don’t get paid to smile” etc…
It’s sad, isn’t it?
Oakmoss can be spicy, and Mitsouko has a fair amount of it even after IFRA regs.
Yes, I was kind of thinking about the oakmoss too.
Getting a massage later, so one spray of box of eels edt and that bottle is DONE!
Congratulations on your thunk
Happy Thunk!
Very classy thunk! Do you have a BUB?
Oh, yes. Ready to be unwrapped.
Wearing Lush Ginger today. There’s a note in here that reminds me of something from my childhood, but I still haven’t figured it out! Maybe it was a bath foam or lotion.
I’m jealous! I’ve gotta find a way to sample that. I didn’t get back to the Lush in Munich in the afternoon to try it, and of course the other German Lushes don’t have it. Maybe in Paris!
If you can’t track it down, I’d be happy to send you a sample when you’re back in Canada.
Thanks!
My SOTD is La Ravissante, which should work for the CP because it has a strong pomegranate note. I looked up Nepal on Wikipedia and learned to my surprise that it has three distinct climate zones, including one that is fairly warm and tropical, so it’s good for growing fruits including citrus and pomegranate. Also chestnuts, apples, and pears. I always thought of it as strictly a mountainous country with Mt. Everest and others.
I haven’t been up to much lately since I’m restricted to not driving. I got a big grocery store order delivered yesterday. Believe me, even a trip to the grocery store would be fun and exciting for me now! I’m feeling ok but my knee is a bit stiff. My home physical therapist is due to come in about half an hour, and let’s hope that some exercise will prove beneficial. It’s glorious weather here today and only 68 degrees. Nice clear blue sky and I’ve got a big window door open so the cats can go out and enjoy the porch outside.
Hope the exercises will do the trick. Enjoy the weather.
68 degrees! 20C! That sounds lovely! I hope the exercises are good, and that the kitties enjoy their outdoor time. 🙂
Your weather sounds marvelous! Enjoy!
When do you expect you can drive again, Calypso? And of course good luck with the PT!
Sampling Coreterno Mystic Sugar today and notes are below. It’s really nice so far and very Christmas-y in the opening w/ the orange and ginger methinks. This has been on my to try list for a while. I really like Nicola Thomis’ articles and reviews on Fragrantica and she has mentioned this house and reviewed this perfume in a Fragrantica Talks video too.
HEAD: ORANGE, ALMOND BLOSSOM, PINEAPPLE
HEART: ABSOLUTE COCOA, CARDAMOM, JASMIN, GINGER, TONKA BEAN
BASE: ABSOLUT VANILLA, SANDAL WOOD, AMBER
That sounds intriguing!
Frozen raspberries and yogurt smoothie
There’s been a bit of a cold snap these past few days, 4C today but it will get warmer by the end of the week. I realize I’m really missing the sun of Provence already, usually not very cold in southeast England but it can be cloudy or even overcast often. Today I chose BPAL Creepy oil, it has an incredibly realistic butterscotch note with apple and caramel, it’s from the 2006 Halloweenie collection, and only improved with age. I got several little bottles last quarter, I had already three in my collection, now 9 or 10 but they take very little space. Tonight I’m in Prada l’Eau Ambrée which has delicious citrussy notes and was discontinued for some unfathomable reason.
That Prada is so good. I don’t understand why it was discontinued but it happens to so many good scents!
I know – that Prada is one I just didn’t get around to purchasing although I liked it and suddenly…it was gone.
So true.
Aurora, I had a French speaking customer the other day and thought of you. Miraculously one of our new employees spoke French!
Thank you Lillyjo, now that’s customer service😀
I came across a manufacturer sample of L’Eau Ambree in The Sample Stash the other day while I was looking for something else.
Yay, you have some treasures in your stash.
SOTD = Lush Fresh As
Good enough for Glannys is good enough for me!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DCm4CLmxmqb/?igsh=M3IybXQ1NGd4aG1u
It’s a yucky weather day today. It’s not cold but it is gray and gloomy since this morning and we’re supposed to be getting some much needed rain in these here parts.
Now I am off to research the new faux LVMH store for its cafe and maybe snag a reservation. We’ll see 🥐 👀…
Nice! I like inspiring other people SOTDs. 😁
What store is this?
I’d love to send you some sun!
Also curious about the faux LVMH store….
Joining Robin in Tauerville Incense Flash thanks to a swap with therabbitsflower.
I bet you smell great! Tauer does incense so well.
Glad to hear that you are OK after the cyclone.
I bet you do smell good. I like that Tauerville line.
Hey twin!
I pruned the rosemary bush that is taking over a corner of the yard, and I smelled so good I didn’t put on any other fragrance. I also had some lamb in the freezer, so it’s garlic, mustard, and rosemary lamb for dinner. Monday’s hailstorm took me by surprise but knocked the few remaining leaves off the maple tree, so I raked them up this afternoon.
Oh how cool…I do love the smell of rosemary.
Today would have been my Mom’s 94th birthday. Been thinking about her.
On a different note, Teflon kitty was licking my forehead at one point this morning. Dunno why. It tickled! 😽
SOTD = Au Dela Narcisse, because I felt like it.
Oh, you smell nice. I did try that one and didn’t know if I liked it, but after a second time decided I did.
Thanks Kris. I was enjoying little wafts of Au Dela Narcisse all day.
Maybe TK knew you needed a laugh.
Hugs to you jalapeno. 🩵
Thank you lillyjo. It *really* tickled when she started grooming my eyebrows!
You smelled fabulous in Au Dela Narcisse. Sounds like TK was giving you some extra love today💕
Thanks allo. It was kind of out of character for Teflon. She is much more likely to “boop” me on the nose.
Sending hugs, Teflon must have known you were thinking of your mother.
Appreciate the hugs, Aurora.
Teflon kitty is whip smart; the smartest cat I have ever had.
Aww Teflon kitty. She gave you a hug. Larry the cat sends one, too ❤️
Thanking both you and Larry the cat!
Aww, birthdays can be a bit rough. TK knew something; I hope you had a better day today.
I saw your post late yesterday about Atelier. I had a 10 ml of the Orange Sanguine in my hand and put it back (at Sephora). My bottles are 30 ml and 100 ml 😳 – Vanilla Insense, Oolang Infini and Silver Iris.
I have a travel spray of Rose Anonyme, and some smaller spray samples from Atelier. Can’t recall what exactly they are at the moment.
Used to have both Orange Sanguine and Vanille Insensee travel sprays, but I wasn’t really wearing them. So they went to a better home.
That’s funny. I had both of them too, but for some reason tired of them.