Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Oatmeal Muffin Day! There are 12 more days to go in the year. Birthdays: Italo Svevo, Carter G. Woodson, Jean Genet, Édith Piaf, Cicely Tyson, Richard Leakey. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in Fendi Theorema, and I'll almost certainly wear it again tomorrow.
Reminder: 12/20 will be the Holiday Special...wear a perfume inspired by or based on a holiday — any holiday! — or wear a perfume that seems perfectly suited to the holiday of your choice. Suggested by therabbitsflower.
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 Frost [cropped] by Susanne Nilsson at flickr; some rights reserved.
Beautiful picture, Robin, and you smell fantastic.
Wanted to continue my Goutal Paris winning streak and so today I reached for what I thought was Hadrien. What I sprayed was Eau de Charlotte. All those bottles look alike now, plus the writing is tiny and yes I was wearing my contacts lol. SO I added some Hadrien EDT cause it goes with everything.
Had a great quick trip to another small town last night for a haircut. Was a perfect night for a drive-moon nearly full and no snow or rain. Their town square is so pretty-they make a small skating rink for the winter and you can sit and watch the little kids learn how to skate. There’s pretty lights and soft music.
Your drive really sounds wonderful!
And you’ve just reminded me that I haven’t worn Charlotte in a long time. I’ll start figuring out where my bottle is this weekend.
What a lovely story about your visit and drive – perfect for a Winter evening.
Hello.
Sotd is Delina Exclusif.
I went to Guerlain to preorder the Snake bottle and they actually had the scent (Rouge Bonheur) tester in store! It smells very ginger forward. Warm, spicy, sappy ginger. There is no obvious floral or vanillic creaminess. Imagine Twilly d’Hermes without the tuberose.
How exciting!
Rouge Bonheur sounds quite good! But that price tag!
Good girl gone bad sample and thunk!
Winter white today with a fur coat and cowboy boots
That’s a great perfume/outfit match. I bet you look spectacular!
Thanks! My daughter has her winter concert assembly.
I chose vintage Vol de Nuit edt this morning, and it does feel holiday-ish. Reminds me (for some unknown reason) of how snow days felt back when I was working — unexpectedly getting to stay home in my jammies. ❄️
I know exactly what you mean by the “snow days” feeling. It’s been a long time since I worked for an employer who closed up shop (a university) for snow days. And now, as my own employer, I can usually see clients virtually if neither of us can get to the office. I miss that feeling!❄️
Snow days were the best! ☃️
Re: the snow days feeling, I am looking forward to what replaces it now, vacation! Today is my last day for 2 weeks and I’m very excited for some downtime.
I’m wearing SL Baptême du Feu – Scorched mandarin peel, Gingerbread, Osmanthus, Gunpowder, Castoreum, Woods….What’s not to love? It’s winter holidays in a bottle🎄🎁❄️
Have a great vacation!
Thank you, lillyjo! And thank you for the Baptême du Feu!
I love that perfume , a real winner for me.
It’s unusual but very compelling, especially this time of year.
House twins with you, allo, in Écrin de Fumée. I loved BdF at first sniff, too. I am so happy you’ve got a stretch of holidays in front of you!
Thank you house twin! I’m really looking forward to not having to be somewhere every hour on the hour😊
Enjoy your time off, allo, I bet you smell great.
Thank you, Aurora! Enjoy your visit with your brother!
Yay for vakay!
Double yay! And may your Christmas lights cooperate!
Coromandel edp from a manufacturer’s sample sprayer. Predicted high of 82F today. 🌞
You smell great
Thank you!
You smell fabulous.
People hardly ever comment on the fragrance I’m wearing, but I wore Coromandel EdP to a holiday party last weekend and was told by several people how wonderful I smelled. It’s a stunner.
It is, and compliments are always the cherry on top! 🍒
Coromandel is wonderful and something I don’t wear often enough.
It’s a beaut!
You must be back at the mall? You smell wonderful!
No, they gave me a bunch of samples when I bought the extrait. 😍
Do tell more about the goodies you picked up with your extrait!
It was just a few spray samples from the manufacturer. Coromandel and Comete edp. She asked me which ones I wanted and while I was trying to decide she basically threw 4 of them in the bag and handed it to me. Guess I was taking too long to decide. 🙃
Score!
Wearing no 5 edt today. Finished my Christmas shopping today and paid my cellphone bill today.
I still need to pay a few bills before I go to bed tonight…
I’m in Iris 39 from Le Labo – first time. Very nice.
That is a nice one from Le Labo. Don’t really hear much about it.
Confessions of Zeno ( Svevo) is one of my favourite novels of all time so I’m matching it with a perfume, that to me, smells a bit cigarette-ashy ( to match the protagonist) , Copper. A drizzly, misty morning here and it’s so quiet the only sounds are the birds. Very peaceful start to the day.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2006/may/20/featuresreviews.guardianreview27?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Jane Smiley writing about Confessions of Zeno
Gosh, read that years ago and had forgotten all about it. Pretty sure I had heard of him from the NYer, but never went and read his earlier novels.
Enchanted Forest today. Very holiday, indeed.
Smelling like a Forest Fairy over there! 🌳🌲🧚♀️
Enchanted Forest is sooo good!
This is not just almost Friday, it’s really Friday here, and my last day of work for three weeks!
I saw the comment last night from therabbitsflower about the difference between vacations and holidays – the US folk immediately thought about perfumes for the upcoming Christmas holiday and I thought about perfumes that reminded me of trips abroad. We almost speak the same language across our various countries, but not quite!
So, today I’m wearing a perfume suitable for Christmas in cold climates, Fille en Aiguilles. It’s cold here today, so it’s entirely right.
Have a great holiday Gaynor!
I hope your holiday and time off are restorative and full of happiness (and perfume)!
Enjoy your time off!
Aww, well I loved your holiday interpretation too! You did smell perfectly Christmassy today.
I’m wearing a dab of JLS parfum on this chilly and mostly sunny day.
Weather forecast for tomorrow is 3-5” of snow! It will be a perfect day for wearing my favorite Christmas perfume. And Aubrey will be very excited for his walks!
3-5″ sounds just the right amount…hope it is lovely tomorrow. And hope I don’t get any because I don’t want to shovel the walk 🙂
😄 I’m with you on the shoveling. Luckily, we bought a snowblower 3-4 years ago, and we haven’t had any big snowfalls since then. Ha!
Works every time!!
SOTD is Shalimar MI. It seems to be a pick on this cold and very windy day.
Kris, have you tried Comete yet? Just curious because on me it’s mostly iris. Not sure if this is one of your favorite notes or you just find Shamilar MI presses the right perfume button for you…
It is one of my favorite notes and yes, I have tried Comete. I liked it a lot, but have enough iris scents already. Plus, I think that Zara Romance d’Iris is similar and much cheaper so decided not to splurge on a bottle of Comete.
Well, that’s makes a whole lot of sense. There seems to be a ton of iris forward scents out there, and so many are really great.
We are scent siblings! I am wearing Shalimar MJ.
Yes!
Windy here today as well. Those downslope winds are why it got as warm as it did.
Hello NSTers, just stopping by to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a healthy, peaceful and successful New Year 2025. I have been absent for so many months because I had a very brutal fall in Summer while walking on the street and I have been in a very bad shape since, with unbearable pain, constant vertigos, dizziness and the inability to move around much. I injured myself very badly. The recovery process is very slow, and it is going to take a long time before I can fully recover. I have difficulties typing, writing, reading, etc. Still, I have a very positive attitude and putting everything in God’s hands. One day at a time. This too shall pass.
I am not wearing any perfumes now. Recently, with the help of my youngest sister I was able to check my box of unwanted perfumes, and she sent a couple of my bottles to some NSTers. I just wanted to share a little something with this community who has been so generous and supporting for many years when I have needed it.
I hope next year brings me enough health to be able to enjoy my perfumes and start posting here again. I miss you all a lot. I hope everyone is doing well. Sending hugs and love.
I’m really sorry to hear about your accident and pain. I hope you continue to recover and reclaim your mobility and health. Wishing you well and Happy Christmas.
We miss you too PL67. I let everyone know you would probably be around next year so glad you popped in. We all like hearing from you. Take care my friend and God’s blessings.
oh my, pl67!
You have been missed!
So sorry to hear about your accident. I hope you continue to heal day by day and the new year is a brighter one for you.
That’s too bad. I really hope you feel much better very very soon. I did miss your posts 🙂
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear about your fall and the difficulties you’re having since. I have missed your commenting here and so happy to see a post from you today. I hope that you make a full recovery ASAP! Dear pl67, I’m ALWAYS sending you my very best wishes and only wish I could do something much more substantial than that. Please keep in touch if you find it helpful. We all have missed you here with many folks asking about you and wishing you well.
I’m so sorry for what you’ve been through, it must have been a horrendous accident. Take good care of yourself, I hope you’ll see some progress every day from now on. Have a peaceful holiday season and when you feel like it let us know how you’re doing, you are very much missed.
Oh, PL67! It’s sooo good to hear from you, although I’m very sorry to hear of the reason for your absence. You have been very much missed around here!
I’m wishing you happy holidays and continued recovery and improvement. Take very good care of yourself!
I just wanted to add, I’ve greatly missed reading about your daily breakfast and morning beverage. They were always such a delight! I do hope you’re able to still enjoy some treats these days.
Oh, no! So glad you stopped by to say hello and to update us. We miss you! Many, many good wishes for recovery and happy fragrant days to come.
Oh no, so sorry to hear about the fall and all the health issues following. Here’s to a happier, healthier 2025 for you!
Sending a hug and I am sorry I did not realize it had been so long since you stopped by. You will be in my prayers and I hope you can continue to heal.
I’m so sorry you were badly injured, Pl67. Sending you a hug and wishes that your recovery moves along more quickly.
Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear about your fall. I hope you continue to make progress and feel stronger every day. I’ve thought about you many times, noticing your absence. I’m glad to see your post today.
Sending you hugs and hoping for continued healing in 2025.
Wishing you a pain-free 2025. Hope you have sufficient household help, and that you feel much better soon.
Pl67, I am so sorry for your accident. I pray for good health for you in the new year. You have been greatly missed here!
I, too miss your posts. Joining others in sending you wishes for healing and comfort in this challenging time💕
I’m so sorry to hear about your fall, pl67! I have missed seeing you here, and many others have commented on your absence. Hoping that you are being well taken care of and that we will see you before too long.
Best wishes for a peaceful Christmas and hopeful New Year.
Gosh, I am so very sorry. So glad you came to tell us though, you’ve been missed and I am glad to know you are in recovery, even if it is slow. We will all be thinking of you and rooting for you!
Oh, I’m so sorry about all you’ve been going through and continue to go through. You’ve been missed here greatly by so many and I’m glad you checked in. I hope things start turning a corner for the better. That sounds incredibly hard to deal with, but I’m happy to hear you’ve been able to maintain a positive attitude. ❤️
Hello NSTers, just stopping by to wish everyone a Happy Holiday Season and a healthy, peaceful and successful New Year 2025. I have been absent for so many months because I had a very brutal fall in Summer while walking on the street and I have been in a very bad shape since, with unbearable pain, constant vertigos, dizziness and the inability to move around much. I injured myself very badly. The recovery process is very slow, and it is going to take a long time before I can fully recover. I have difficulties typing, writing, reading, etc. Still, I have a very positive attitude and putting everything in God’s hands. One day at a time. This too shall pass.
I am not wearing any perfumes now. Recently, with the help of my youngest sister I was able to check my box of unwanted perfumes, and she sent a couple of my bottles to some NSTers. I just wanted to share a little something with this community who has been so generous and supporting for many years when I have needed it.
I hope next year brings me enough health to be able to enjoy my perfumes and start posting here again. I miss you all a lot. I hope everyone is doing well. Sending hugs and love.
Oh, I’m so very sorry to hear that you’ve been having such a hard time, it must have been a very unfortunate fall to create such severe damage.
I wish you a a successful further recovery and lots of courage and patience!!
Very happy to see you posting! But saddened that you’ve had such a rough time of it since the Summer. Sending you healing vibes!
I’ve been thinking of you pl67 so I’m glad to see you but wow, what an ongoing ordeal, I’m so sorry that happened to you! Please take care of yourself, it sounds like a long road to recovery. Best wishes to you.
Réminiscence Tonka today and tonight l’Air de Rien, I’m following the evolution, it’s sweet and dusty, completely unique, stays close to the skin and very long-lasting. I’m having Romaine salad and pasta.
You love your Rem Tonka! 🥰
You know me well, I have another straight-up Tonka but couldn’t remember for the life of me remember which one, total blank, I’ll have to check my selves on Fragrantica.
*shelves and one remember too many sorry.
No worries! 😉
A day late, but you smelled so good in L’air de Rien. I agree with you on it being completely unique. I did come across another perfume recently that made me think of LdR in the opening but quickly turned into its own thing. But I can’t remember now what it was. I’ll see if I can figure it out soon.
SOTD is SMN Potpourri. It makes me think of Christmas, although a more serious & contemplative part of Christmas.
Aha, I had a sample of that eons ago, glad it is still being worn.
I’m wearing Amouage Beloved, a rather quiet beauty.
That’s such a lovely fragrance. Sadly I missed my chance to get a bottle when I should have.
This is my week of trying to thunk things…mostly food, but also a couple of perfumes. I do have a holiday perfume thunk coming tomorrow, but today it was Lyric, which I probably only have 2 sprays left of now. I’ll be home soon to my FB.
I tried to look a bit more presentable today, as I headed over a new art museum across the river in Wiesbaden. I’ve been meaning to get there the whole time we’ve been here, and today was really my last chance. Otherwise I’ve just been starting the apartment cleaning prior to moving out, which is an interesting trial and error experiment since I don’t always know which cleaning products work and which don’t. I’m not ready to leave…but life moves on.
Tonight’s a bit bittersweet, as it’s 40 years since my mom died. I think she’d be happy that I’m here, living close to where we did when I was a kid, though.
I hope your return home is smooth with minimal stress. So sorry to hear your mom passed when you must have been quite young? That’s a tough loss to carry around the rest of your life. Hope your holidays bring happy memories of her. 👩👧
Yeah, I was a newly minted tween when she died. Way too much exposure to hospitals at an early age, but my memories of the holidays with her are very positive. She loved the time of year and loved living in Germany.
Our return home will probably have less stress than trying to take a train to Belgium with the Deutsche Bahn, as we learned last weekend. But there will still be some stress because there are two stops on the way home and we have a lot of luggage. We’ll survive, though. 🙂 Going to see my 94-year-old grandmother, so I’m looking forward to that.
So sorry about your Mom. A loss like that will have an outsized impact on a person.
Sending hugs to you. I lost my Mom 13 years ago today. I’m very sorry.
More condolences, 40 years is a long time to miss your mom. Hope you get everything cleaned satisfactorily and the return home goes smoothly!
I’m in Lush Celebrate lotion today. It’s luxuriously moisturizing and smells great; perfect for this time of year. There’s orange and lime oils along with cognac; it must be well blended because I can’t parse out the individual notes.
I’ll have to try using this paired with some winter fragrances since it has some heft, probably the cognac.
Gail, I did pick up a few things from the bbw sale. I got the apple shampoo and conditioner and the shimmer lotion for my daughter. Also the Emily in Paris body spray, the red one.
Oh how fun! Glad you took advantage of it. I’m sure your daughter will be thrilled!
Never tried any of the lotions from LUSH. Are they as good as the showergels?
Yes, I really like them. I remember them offering a sample if you ask (if you shop in store). Not sure if they still do though.
You can get smaller containers for many (3.5 oz/100 g).
Worth knowing, thanks!
Celebrate sounds so good, I will have to look for it when I make it to the store (probably not until way after the holidays).
It’s a good one. I got my current container included in one of their monthly Kitchen Subscription boxes.
I went to a big mall today to return something because I figured it was better to do it now than after Christmas when everyone is returning stuff. The parking lots were jammed, lots of cars circling, but I parked on the edge and walked. After my return was processed, I thought about looking around the stores, but I realized there was nothing there I wanted or needed. So I went to a specialty grocery and bought some fancy cookies and chocolate. I wore Angel’s Share. P.S. The clothing displays seem to indicate that wide-legged jeans are “in” again. Maybe I’ll buy a pair in the new year if they don’t make me look like a Hobbit.
I am celebrating the return of wide-legged jeans (well not *super* wide ones) because skinny jeans make me look like Mr. Peanut. 🙂
Yeah, judging from teens on two continents, they’re back in. 🙂
I noticed wide legged jeans coming back late last year. I am very happy about this, because I can’t fit into skinny jeans!
As near as I can tell, at this moment you can buy ANY jeans/pants…low rise, mid rise, high rise, skinny, wide, straight, boot. It’s all out there. Which is kind of nice.
Écrin de Fumée, because I associate chocolate with holidays! I am enjoying wearing this, but as a work of art and not something that fits me as a fragrance. At least not today.
I know that feeling!
SOTD = 4160 Tuesdays House of Burlesque Skin, Sparkles and Satin
These are 3 separate perfumes from the House of Burlesque quartet. Nice combo!
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDxqpW0xk4V/?igsh=Y2hianl6YzVuNWhh
With some of us traveling (not me, perhaps in November 2025), here are some strategies for making long flights more restful: (I just copied the section headlines)
1. Show up somewhat sleep-deprived
2. Skip the onboard meals
3. Trick yourself into sleep mode
4. Think twice about taking sleep medications or drinking alcohol
5. Get creative with your seat and sleeping positions
6. Stay up once you arrive
I usually have the best intentions and I usually end up panicking 😱😱😱!
Thanks for tips that make good sense, though I just can’t resist the novelty of on-board meals. 😋
You have so many different perfumes. I am curious where you house all of them.
You’ve been on a 4160 Tuesdays streak lately!
I got tired of trying to finish my Alien The taste of fragrance. Shalimar MJ called my name today. I’m working the late shift, so of course it’s snowing. At least nobody should be on the road by time I leave.
Be safe driving home, I’m trying hard to resist the call of that Guerlain but I bet you smell great.
It is very nice Aurora if you like jasmine. I ended up getting a back up bottle. At first, I thought it was a little too light, but I after letting it set for a while it seemed to gain in strength. Not to enable you or anything🤣
Very helpful Kris, thank you so much. I’ve gone crazy buying at the end of November though, so I have to wait.
Aurora, it’s very nice. I think it’s more intimate and smooth compared to the original. I’m really enjoying it in the cooler temps.
Thank you very much Lillyjo, smooth sounds great.
Wish I could send you the weather I had today, lillyjo. 60 degrees and sunny. Maybe it’s headed your way?
Get home safe.
It might hit 50 here at the end of next week. Fingers crossed!
You smell fantastic!
Thanks! I really do!
I hope it’s an uneventful night and easy drive home. I’m sure you smell amazing! The “big” perfumes are great in cold weather.
Thanks Gail. I should have worn Poison to keep the snow away! Lol
Two steps forward, one step back NST. I *thought* I had fixed my cranky Christmas lights yesterday. But today, when the timer came on, that one string of lights was oh so briefly lighted up. And then it went dark. So that’s telling me there is an intermittent short of some kind in that string. Probably a loose bulb or one that is on the way to burning out.
On the plus side, I finally got my Black Friday Fzotic goodies today, whoo hoo! Those will get unboxed at a later date. I also had a 1 oz bottle of the current Poison EdT show up. I liked it back in the day, but never purchased it.
SOTD = CK Euphoria. I got my bottle 20(!) years ago, when it first came out. Between the pomegranate and the amber, it smells Christmassy to me. Still smells really good on me, too.
How did your Poison show up-from a friend or you actually bought it? It just sounded like you weren’t expecting it.
I actually bought it from Amazon. They had the best price. It wasn’t exactly a planned purchase, though. 😅
🤣
Wow 20 years! It doesn’t seem that old. Are you going to buy new lights?
Nope, not getting more lights. I have a BUNCH that are still in boxes. So I will just put something else up next year, and label the troublesome strings so they aren’t put up by accident.
Argh, sorry to hear that the Christmas light woes continue!
Did you get the new Fzotic lilac scent, or a sample? Please report back if you did.
Did not get the Lilac Brulee. I think either hajusuuri or Dena did, though.
Did the current Poison bring back those memories? I clearly remember the first time I smelled it on a coworker and how intriguing and attractive I found it. Never thought it was something for me, but I enjoy it now, 30+ years later.
Oddly enough, I didn’t know anyone who wore Poison back in the day. I enjoyed it but couldn’t afford it as a broke college student.
Oh boo to the lights, how frustrating!
I have a bottle of a more current Poison; to me it’s definitely lighter than the original. I also scored a bottle of the OG on the Bay. I was a big fan of it when it came out.
Yeah, those lights are proving to be a bit of a pain! But at least most of them are still working.
Euphoria is great, smelling good, sorry about the lights, troublesome.