It’s Hump Day. Birthdays: Thomas Gainsborough, Sidney Bechet, George Lucas. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm in the second of my two favorite bed time scented lotions: Carina Organics Unscented, liberally doctored with Ylang and Sweet Orange oils. On top of that I'm wearing a dab of a fragrance I would never wear to bed, Aftelier Candide.
Reminder: 5/16 will be Time for Bed Friday...wear a fragrance you normally put on to wear to bed. If you don't usually put on fragrance then, wear a fragrance you normally only wear in the evening or on special occasions? Suggested by NinaV.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2025, where I'll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is L'heure bleue... [cropped] by Daniel at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hello.
Sotd is LV eLVes. My third time trying it out and I am pretty sure it’s going on my buy list. Then stupid me had to reach for the Spell On You tester. Now that one’s got me interested too. Adding fuel to the fire is a Fragrantica comment saying Spell On You is being discontinued (anyone can verify?) so I am panicking.
Just as well I don’t try any of the LVs!
I’m in my recent impulse blind buy purchase BKLYN from Jones Road. This is a bit like Livre Blanc and Missing Person had a baby. So yeah, right up my alley. It wears really close to the skin though. 14 sprays and I can barely smell it. I’ll get through this 30 mls in no time.
I made the 250 mile round trip to collect madtownteen from college yesterday. She’ll be home for 4 weeks until she heads off to her summer camp job. I will enjoy every second she’s home.🥰
Enjoy! They grow up way too fast!
Awww have fun! 😎
Very glad you can spend a month with your daughter, nice of you to have picked her up from college.
Yay for time with madtownteen!
Woo-hoo for the next 4 weeks!
14 sprays?!? That’s giving hajusuuri a run for her money!
Enjoy your time with madtownteen. 🥰
Getting ready to take my mom to a doctor’s appointment. Last night and this morning was good and seemed like she was in good spirits until we said she wasn’t going to color her hair today. Then she threw a fit. We shall see how this appointment goes. Wearing Infusion d’iris for a combination of comfort and a little bit of backbone. I am thinking either kielbasa and perogies for dinner or jambalaya. Just trying to set myself ahead.
You smell wonderful, Dawn.
Good luck Dawn! Your dinner selections sounds delicious.
Sending good wishes to you and your mom that all goes well.🤗. I vote for either dinner – I love both!
Boy, hair is a Big Deal. My mom is willing to go out in terrible weather to keep from missing her hair appointment. Both of your dinner options sound delicious.
Best of luck – stay strong! You do smell wonderful!
Spending the morning in Memoirs of a Trespasser, another scent that makes regular appearances at bedtime here.
Smelling wonderful SheriG!
Yes she is!
I am in Roger Gallet Neroli layering it with En Passant
Breakfast out at Sant Ambroeus
I am reading Nesting and I am finding it a very difficult read mostly because of the subject matter. Its like being on a train and not sure if will crash or not
Wow, that does look like a hard read. I don’t do hard reads at the moment so I salute you 🙂
I don’t think I can pull through..it’s affecting my mood. May have to put it down and start something else
I do that a lot lately!
No shame in putting aside a difficult book.
BTW, I found something at Korres that reminded me of you. They have a very pretty tined lip balm in a color called Wild Rose. Turns out to be a sheer red.
I hadn’t worn Frapin 1270 for awhile so after mentioning it in yesterday’s post as a fave bed scent, that’s what I chose last night.
It is still whispering faintly this morning. It reminds me of a Lutens lite, with the stewed fruits and spices and woods.
I also love the big heavy bottle that looks like it might hold a fine cognac.
Frapin 1270 is lovely. The extreme version isn’t extreme at all and bears no resemblance to the original.
Interesting…I’ve not smelled the “Extreme.” I’ll have to look up the notes. Thanks for the info, Dawn.
I’m in Escale à Portofino, which occasionally I wear to bed. It’s so fleeting that by the time I fall asleep reading it’s already gone.
I prefer fleeting at bedtime too…
Sotd The Harmonist Moon Glory. Meant to wear it for the full Flower Moon a few days ago, but didn’t.
Sotd for Mothers Day: Courreges eau de liesse aka The Mothership. Felt grateful all day. Didn’t focus on food, to mixed results (have photos of burned chocolate chip pancakes for proof 🙄🤣). My aunt had a good day spending it with Mom, but we ran the full gamut of emotions which was too much like a roller coaster as we careened up and down.
Looking forward to reading everyone’s scents for bed. I’ve found I do not care for single note lavender much. I r been using Lush Sleepy shower ge and lotion before bed. I believe there’s Oud in it. Don’t think I’ll buy more. Favorite combos mix lavender with orange blossom, eucalyptus or juniper berries. I just ordered from PF Candle the linen spray of Ojai Lavender (Ojai is underrated as a weekend destination in So Cal) and Golden Coast. Supposed to aid sleep.
Happy Hump Day all! Looking forward to Almost Friday tomorrow.
I enjoy the BBW Lavender & Vanilla Pillow & Body Mist sprayed on my sheets.
I will check that out zLaila during my next Lush trip!
BBW is Bath and Body Works and not Lush. However, maybe they are in the same mall or something and that is what you meant.
Nope, in just tired. Today I misspelled my own first name on a document. 💤
I honestly don’t like most lavender-forward fragrances all that much when worn on my person, but I do like to sniff some lavender EO from the bottle right before bed.
EO ?
Essential oil
Thanks austenfan! Now I know what a FB of EO is!
Sorry to use an acronym and then disappear for hours!
Robin you do an amazing job for over 20+ yrs. You never have to apologize !
🙂
Hope you will look back on it all with fond memories, even the chocolate chip pancakes😀
Actually, I made the batter too thick and as Mom insulted them, “How do you burn the outside while undercooking the inside?” They definitely were NOT crepe thickness. Good news- I made lamb chops for dinner (her fav) and they were perfectly cooked.
Straight lavender is a no for me too.
The romantic in me wants to go see fields of lavender in France but I suspect all that undiluted lavender scent would be too much.
IIRC, the LUSH Sleepy showergel has tonka in it. Tried it once and thought it was OK.
It is ok. I use it every night- I just won’t buy another bottle of it or the lotion.
I’m in Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s The Stratosphere, a violet-iris cocktail with a hint of dark cherry.
Off to physical therapy for a (minor, thankfully) knee issue, then back to my desk for some writing! It’s a drizzly day in the NYC area so I might make a big pot of veggie bean chili after that.
That DSH sounds delicious!
OUCH! Knee issues are quite unpleasant. Been there.
I’m wearing Trayee, which makes me feel serene and focused. I’ve never worn it to bed, but I can see how it might work.
You smell especially wonderful today.
We had a wonderful 3-day trip to the Holland MI 🌷 festival – and saw 6 million tulips! – + other attractions including a concert and museum. Came home to find my beloved lilacs waited for me to return before blooming – they’re just opening up now – and all the migrating birds have arrived, including my favorite house wrens. The tiny male sings all day long as he works hard at nest-building. Did you know the male builds several nests and when his mate arrives, she inspects them and chooses the one that best suits her. I ❤️it and hope she chooses the one just outside my kitchen window. 🤞
So now’s the time I enjoy wearing my lilac-centered fragrances. Starting softly, yesterday I wore Gucci Guilty and today EL Pleasures, both gently blended florals with a lilac note. Both very enjoyable as our weather has really warmed up.
Looking forward to tonight’s Classic Film program, The Spy Who Loved Me, including an appearance by the author of several UK Bond novels along with some genuine Bond memorabilia! 📽️🍿
Hope everyone is having a good day! 🐦⬛
Holland MI is a fun trip! I love house wrens too and hope yours make a home that you can watch. I didn’t know that the female gets to choose the nest, do other birds take the nests that weren’t chosen? 🧐
Also wondering about nests. We seem to have a “new” empty nest built on top of a front yard trellis, hidden under the eavestrough. I believe this one was built by robins. Possibly “she” rejected that nest as there’s hawks in our area (since it remains unoccupied).
We have several bird houses for wrens that they nest in.. The houses are small with only 1 small entry hole and no perch. It would be difficult for anything bigger than a wren to use the box. I’ve seen house sparrows try unsuccessfully.
6 million tulips! That is a lot of tulips. Bet it was lovely.
I do have a soft spot for The Spy Who Loved Me 🙂
We just got back. The host has a blog that provides a lot of behind-the-scenes info prior to the film; there was an author of some of the UK Bond books; plus a local TV personality introducing everything, as well as numerous props from the Ian Fleming Institute. All added to the night’s enjoyment!
Oh nice.
In Michigan I’ve only visited the UP, Traverse City to be exact. I found Michiganders to be such lovely people, very welcoming!
We’ve visited many places in MI but it’s our first trip to Holland. A really impressive and lively city, even w/o tulips.
I asked a friend of mine who lives in MI if he was familiar with the tulip festival. He is, and his wife has been there.
It’s a pretty huge deal here.
That’s right, you are in that area too, aren’t you?
Yeah, not too far but far enough.
It’s supposedly the largest and most famous one in the US. We talked to 4 different people who each said it was on their bucket list.
I am wearing Killian Woman in Gold today. I’ve been thinking about rearranging the living room furniture and I might do that this morning.
Oops, misspelled Kilian’s name, but I think it looks better with 2 “l”s. 😉
And he will get over it 🙂
I have to think too before I write it.
I’ve done the same with with “Kilian” and double “ll”.
I love reading about all the spring flowers and I’m very much looking forward to seeing ours again in a few months 🙂 .
I wore the last of a sample of SL’s Vitriol d’Oeillet to bed last night, so I’m wearing another carnation perfume today, Caron’s Bellodgia.
I almost wore that yesterday but chose Nuit de Cellophane instead. So maybe I’ll copy you for today. Thanks for the suggestion!
Do you like the SL Vitriol d’Oeillet?
Apples (from Kent), pears (from Belgium) and yogurt smoothie
The good weather continues 22C, today I picked SL Fleurs de citronnier, a sweet floral lemon, even though it lists tuberose it is not too heady I find but certainly long-lasting. Tonight for the CP it’s one spray of Crown Perfumery Héliotrope as it refuses to spray more than once, not sure why, so I decided to layer it with Outremer Vanille, a simple baking vanilla and this combination is successful and results in almond macaroon.
Your post makes me want to run to a French patisserie then eat the delicacies en plein air dans le jardin!
C’est vraiment yummy, it lasts well too.
It was around 22 Celsius here before the clouds and big weather front moved in. Definitely not that warm now!
Oh, your unpredictable weather continues then😀
Oh, it was predicted all right. “Volatile” would be a good way to describe this afternoon. ⚡⚡
Aurora, how do you know where your fruit comes from? Sometimes the apples will say what State they are from but I have never seen anything from another Country.
It must be a legislation, here the country of origin is always mentioned.
Oh that’s interesting!
It is usually posted somewhere for most produce…sometimes in tiny letters on the sticker with the code, sometimes on the shelf, but if you look around you can usually find the origin of the produce…USDA requires stores to post it in the US, anyway.
Chanel No 5 L’Eau today – this is something I often wear post evening shower in warm weather. I’m not sure why I think of it more for bed than during the day!
Scent twins today!
No. 5 L’Eau is SO good!
Smelling great!
Chanel No 5 L’Eau is lovely.
SOTD = Tauer Incense Rose
I’m almost positive I got this as a freebie when I won an auction for an art piece several years ago. It’s got rose and incense. I should wear this again and more often as well! 🥰
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It is another yucky day again! What can you do? As to NJ Transit, not that the I will give the refund department another call tomorrow and if no response by Tuesday, I will send one more packet and then go from there.
Incense Rose is the first Tauer I had a strong emotional response to.
I’ve heard that NJT is gearing up for a strike later on this week.
Have you thought about writing your congress person about the refund delay?
Heavy rain, gusty wind, and thunderstorms here this afternoon. It’s been going at it for a couple of hours now. VERY glad I made Teflon’s vet appointment for lunchtime, when the weather was still nice.
I have a couple scratches on one arm from trying to get her into the cat carrier but they aren’t bad. Didn’t even break the skin. The good news: Teflon’s bloodwork is normal. The bad news: She has yet another ear infection. Oh, and she has lost more weight. Definitely going to monitor THAT.
SOTD = trying Diane EdP today. It smells lighter than its EdT sibling, which is a little unusual. I’m also not getting the hint of myrrh either.
Your storms are heading my way for tomorrow night. I’m already in the level 3 warning for them.
Glad TK had good news on the blood work.
That front is really moving! It was in Kansas by 7pm my time tonight.
Yay for good bloodwork! Hoping her ear clears up soon
I copied allo from yesterday and am wearing L’ombre dans L’eau.
The other day I exchanged my Pistachio Glaze at BBW. I only wore it once, and after a few hours I started to feel sick from it. The SA treated me very poorly and I am still mad about it. It was super inexpensive but just thinking about wearing it again turned my stomach.
I was wondering about the Pistachio Glaze. Sorry it made you feel sick! Ugh, and how awful about the SA. Is it worth the effort to speak to the store manager?
I really liked it when I tested it in the store but the drydown turns very baby powder.
The SA was a supervisor it wasn’t so much what he said but the tone. It was very condescending. I don’t usually shop at that location. I will stick with my regular bbw from now on.
Condescending tone is the worst. He must be a miserable person, especially to be in that position. I’m sorry that he treated you like that. Good to go back to your regular location.
HA, I would say the opposite, whenever you want to return something go back to that store, it will serve him right since he obviously hates doing returns.
Sounds like Pistachio Glaze was a bad experience all the way around.
I haven’t been in a BBW in forever.
Yeah, I should have tested it more than once.
I wore Chanel No 5 L’Eau today. I often wear it to bed, it’s cool and not intrusive.
I think I might wear that tomorrow.