It's Tuesday, National Mango Day and National Hammock Day. Birthdays: Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder, Tom Robbins, Oscar de la Renta, S. E. Hinton. RIP Malcolm-Jamal Warner. What fragrance are you wearing?
I'm wearing Diptyque Philosykos, which features in the Cormoran Strike novel Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling (I learned this on Reddit, having long since forgotten learning it while reading the book). Tea at the moment is Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co.
Reminder: 7/25 will be Mystery & Crime Friday...for Josephine Tey's birthday, interpret the theme any way you like...you can scent your favorite fictional detective (or villain); you can wear something that brings to mind a favorite mystery novel, film or genre; or maybe your perfume name contains a reference to a crime, a criminal, or a crime fighter. Suggested by Glannys.
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: the Druggist Teapot from Jonathan Adler ("Expand horizons with Jonathan Adler's dreamy third-eye mindscapes. Featuring delft-inspired blues and accented with real sparking gold, the Druggist teapot is crafted from glossy high-fired porcelain") is $185 at Saks.
Hello.
Sotd is Atelier Cologne Musc Imperial. Picked this one up over the weekend. Apparently they revamped the concentrations of their perfumes so they all now contain higher oil %.
Apparently Hermes Barenia is releasing an Intense version soon. Sounds tempting.
Congrats on your new bottle!
Good news, since Hermes very often isn’t very Intense.
Especially in recent years.
My Andy Tauer samples should have arrived yesterday but arriving today. I am thinking of either Apres L’ondee or Jicky for Friday. It would suit the time period for the Leiberman Papers. It’s early 20th century Vienna. Wearing Clinique Happy today.
Do report back w/ your thoughts on the Tauer samples. I had not realized that Vanilla Flash and Rose Flash were officially discontinued. I was a bit disappointed to see the two new absolues are absolutely more expensive too. 😉
Hoping your mom is doing well too.
Will report back can’t wait to get off work to give them a try.
Morning! I’m in eau d’Hadrien, with an extra bit of Gutal goodness-a small spritz of Heure Exquise. I remember smelling HE about 25 years ago and recoiling-never fails-I recoil, then get intrigued, then succumb to the fragrance. I bought the last bottle I could find on a discount site-I didn’t realize how many Goutal scents have been discontinued.
I can def get behind National mango day, paired with national hammock day 🙂
Twins! And I get what you mean about Heure Exquise — I did that too but have yet to succumb. I keep a small decant on hand just in case, so maybe someday!
For me it had a faint but distinct whiff of old vase water, so I ended up passing it along to a friend, who had no problems with it.
They discontinued quite a few, and would be worried even if they were still making one I loved.
That is a great description of coming around to love a challenging fragrance. Perhaps the galbanum was what stopped you. I go back and forth on Heure Exquise. Sometimes it’s too dry and formal and astringent for me. The EdP is a bit sweeter, but not much.
Good morning, everyone.
I’m in “Fire At Will” from Jovoy – a bomb of vanilla, toasted marshmallow, and brown sugar. As crazy sweet as that sounds, it’s got a gentle muskiness that keeps it beautifully balanced. And somehow, to my nose, it’s not cloying!
Well, THAT sent me down a rabbit hole! Have you tried any of the other Jovoy offerings? I’m intrigued by La Liturgie des Heures in particular, for my ongoing forest-scent hunt.
I’ve tried a bunch from their line – I’m especially fond of “Psychédélique,” a potent vanilla/patchouli. But “Fire At Will” is just a delight to wear.
You smell great. I have that one and get lots of mimosa from it too.
CP points
Agar Ébène for Presumed Innocent for the book and the AppleTV series…Agar Ébène is a perfume that is too elegant to be entirely innocent….wink wink 😉
I am going to miss this sample when its drained!
SheriG mentioned this line over the weekend and I remembered I got some samples when I bought Eau de Mervielles
Tea is Earl Grey Imperial by Mariage Freres
Spiced Pear and Fig yogurt and thumbing through the paper..
Apparently some felines enjoy horseback riding~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh3xtJrOVss
This is the most adorable video I have seen all week! Better than reading the newspaper 📰
Gosh this put a huge smile on my face! Thanks!
Oh this is great, thanks for sharing! Keith looks like my Larry the cat.
Awwwwwwwwwwwww. I had a cat that looked a lot like this one. 😽
You describe it well … and you smell gorgeous, of course.
What is your favorite from the line so far? Have you tried layering?
Hands-down favorite is Agar Ébène, closely followed by Cèdre Sambac. I’m a very timid layerer and so far have only toyed with layering Hermessences in my mind. 😆 I do wonder if the rose in Myrrhe Églantine would blend well with the jasmine in Cèdre Sambac.
I wasn’t aware of that series but think I saw the 1990 film version a lifetime ago and it’s quite good if memory serves. And I will now think about 1990 Harrison Ford the rest off the day. ☺️
Hello everyone
I am wearing Gabrielle body oil layered with Chanel 1932. I am really enjoying this new body oil.
Ooh Chanel body products are so nice, bet that oil smells great!
Nice. I was thinking of wearing Gabrielle body cream and perfume tomorrow.
I’m wearing L’Air du Desert Marocain, because I found a decant in a box. Not at all appropriate for hot, muggy weather. it’s 9:45 am, and the heat index is 95 degrees.
I find LADDM more appropriate for dry weather, especially if it is hot. But it is perfect for fall.
Ouch! We are relatively cool today.
Yikes!
Bright and sunny but, at last, neither hot nor humid (we’ve had an awful stretch of that), and I’m wearing the exhilarating 1977 Eau de Courrèges, a vivid lime & vetiver cologne, probably my best blind buy ever.
I adore my Courreges Eau de Liesse. Based on your enthusiastic review I put the 1977 Eau on my purchase list. Have you smelled the newer version?
No, but even if they couldn’t keep the original formula (no oakmoss in it nowadays, for starters), I think they could still do it justice: it’s hard to mess up the classic cologne structure, and the notes sound promising (still based on lime and vetiver plus more cologney citrus, some patchouli to ground everything instead of the oakmoss). I see you can get it for a song on Fragrancenet: I probably would!
This one sounds good. I am waiting for the Blanc to come to my house😉
Kris, I hope you enjoy your Courreges! Please let us know your opinion.
I will!
So many favorite detectives and other crime unravelers! I would scent Miss Marple in a single spritz of Borsari Violet di Parma, Archie Goodwin in Eau Sauvage, Armand Gamache in something very subtle and forest-y. Peter Wimsey is giving me trouble, though — I have a feeling he would wear something so expensive and exclusive that there’s no hope I would ever have heard of it, let alone have any familiarity with it. However, I think it’s possible that Lord Peter’s love, Harriet Vane, might have worn my SOTM, Eau d’Hadrien, and I will take points as she is something of a detective in her own right.
I think you will 🏅 win the CP! Great pairings
Yes, excellent pairings! I watch a lot of Acorn and BritBox and She-ra Mini asked a couple weeks back why someone gets murdered in all the shows I watch. 😆🤷♀️
🤣🤣🤣
Oh that’s so cute, and true too – so many murders in those pretty little English villages!
Ha!
Gamache smells of sandalwood! I was thinking of doing him on Friday. I would put Lord Peter in Blenheim Bouquet because it’s very classy and Oxford-y.
I love Gamache. He smells not only of sandalwood but a hint of rose as well. I will probably do him on Friday also.
Oh, I do remember the sandalwood in one of the novels, now that you mention it, and it’s quite apt. But not just sandalwood, as you noted — something more is needed, like rosewater, or maybe violets?
Oh, perfect! I’ve never sampled Blenheim Bouquet but the description at Lucky Scent (“aristocratic and restrained … discreet and timeless”) is absolutely spot on for Lord Peter.
Happy Tuesday aka Happy Almost Almost Almost Friday!
Sotd Chers Amis au Cœur du Jardin – Dear Friends in the Heart of the Garden.
My own layering of FM Iris Poudre and Prada Infusions de Mimosa, from two generous NSTers, named with AI help. I liked it so much from yesterday that I’m wearing it again!
Layering and layering! You smell wonderful🌸
Kris is my layering guru inspiration, for which I’m grateful!
You may have to purchase both of those. You seem to like them.
I definitely will!
So much fun when the best perfume you can think of is a repeat!
I’m starting off Mystery and Crime week with L’Artisan Voleur de Roses (c’est moi!)🌹😎🌹
We could form a Saint Valentine’s Day gang. Stealing roses and kisses!
Yes! Let’s do it!❤️🌹
VdR is one of the best from L’Artisan, IMO.
Good to see so many exquisitely scented lovers of crime.
I’m wearing Baiser Vole. Get it? Scandalous!
Perfect Glannys!
Going to wearing Shalimar Millésime Jasmin today methinks. I watched Persolaise’s review of it yesterday…he wasn’t a fan of the opening but enjoyed the development and dry down. I love it now but initially wasn’t that impressed w/ it either. I found it kind of generic and underwhelming at first but w/ subsequent wearings it seemed to change and expand. Sometimes I wonder about maceration and letting a little air on the line as it were once sprayed and the effects on the juice.
I have gone down the rabbit hole catching up on Persolaise’s videos from the last couple years which is making me want to try and buy more perfumes…strange how that is. 😆 I love his descriptions and, of course, his accent too but his expressions may be the best part. He really loves sniffing perfume and that joy is so evident in his facial expressions and reactions. I watch him and think…hmm, he really get it…eheheh and by it I suppose I mean my own fascination w/ fragrance. All of this is to say, YouTube has its merits. 😉
Kris and I both thought Shalimar MI Jasmin changed over time for the better.
Funny! I was just going to say that. In the beginning I didn’t think it was strong at all, but it seemed to get more noticeable the “older” it got.
Hi everyone 👋
It was blissfully cool this morning. Like many here, we are expecting the big heat wave to set up tomorrow. But since it was cool when I got dressed, I put on some Lattafa Khamra. It needs a citrus body spray to lift it a little, I may put on some Phlur vanilla hair mist later to smooth out the spice.
Hiya ringthing!
I am wearing Memo Argentina, a sample from Paris that I found yesterday as I was cleaning off the bureau. It’s nice, it doesn’t say “Argentina” to me, but that’s okay.
Fumerie is having a swap night next month so I will have to look and see what I want to rehome. I know there are a few.
I saw that swap. Enjoy!
Your post made me wonder what WOULD smell like Argentina. Might be a future CP? Scent the tango?
A swap night at a perfume store. What a great idea. Plus it brings perfumistas in who will probably end up buying as well, or at least sampling and putting new fragrances on their ‘to buy’ lists.
Enjoy the swap night at Fumerie! Please let us know if you get anything good there. 😉
Nothing for the cp today. Although I did watch the first episode of The Better Sister.
Le Labo The Noir 29 lotion and perfume. Got the word noir in there at least.
At least for Noir, ha. How is Better Sister?
It is too hot and humid to wear something other than citrus or tropical today. I went with Kai body cream and perfume.
Hope you get a break in your weather soon!
At the office, and hoping the sole spritz of Macaron Bourbon by Nicolai won’t bother office mates. The sprayed paper strip was haunting the interior of my bag, and so I had to pop into the store (two blocks away, quite dangerous).
As an aside, can anyone think of a perfume they adore wafting from, say, a knapsack, scarf or coat? In other words, not directly applied.
I can think of perfumes I did not really fall in love with until I smelled them on a scarf the next day…
When someone says mystery and crime, I immediately think of Agatha Christie. She started writing in the 1920s, so I’m thinking about perfumes like some of the classics from Guerlain or Jean Patou.
I’ll wear the fabulous Mitsouko today.
Agatha is definitely my favorite! I remember being in 6th grade and finding her Murder in Mesopotamia in the library and that started it all!
This may sound cheesy but I went with CdG 888 and am pairing it with none other than—tada—GOLDFINGER! I missed yesterday but maybe I can do the rest of this week by scenting Bond villains!
Very cheesy and very excellent!
Frozen cherries and yogurt smoothie
There was some much needed rain last night and it was mostly cloudy today, 22C. My first purchase of this quarter having arrived, I was in vintage Après l’ondée today, definitely stronger and more clovey than the current iteration, and tonight Lush Butterball oil which smells of milk chocolate, very realistic, I’m not a big chocolate fan in perfumes, I think I have 3 or 4 max but I didn’t have a milk chocolate, I also have 30ml of the perfume.
Hurray for getting some rain!
Thank you very much for caring.
Wearing Goldfield & Banks Pacific Rock Moss, I have a travel spray I picked up during a Luckyscent coupon sale at some point. Seemed appropriate for a day that allegedly isn’t that hot but is humid enough to be yucky.
“Allegedly isn’t that hot but is humid enough to be yucky” is much of this summer so far, except when it is both officially hot and humid to boot 🙂
Wearing Boucheron Iris de Syracuse.
Beautiful and unusual summer day in the upper 70s with very low humidity. At least we are having a relief from the uncomfortable muggy days we have had recently.
Today it would be my mother’s 86th birthday. A bittersweet day. I am indulging in a couple of pieces of black sesame seed mochi to celebrate her life in some way. She loved mochi. They are very tasty! I may need to buy more to store for the rest of the summer.
Happy Tuesday! 🌻
That’s a sad anniversary. I’m glad you have such a wonderful tasty treat to remember her by.
It comforts me in some way.
Sending a 🤗 your way. What a sweet way to honor your mom.
Thank you, Laila! 🌻
Hugs to you pl67🌹
Thank you, Lillyjo! 🌻
Great idea! Our entire family loves mochi. I also make a mochi cake using sweet glutinous rice flour and coconut milk that gets devoured quickly. Wearing She & Male by Len from a sample and it’s very nice. The label says Indigo Perfumery in Cleveland, so I suppose it’s a collaboration. Notes are iris, vetiver, neroli, musk, put together in an interesting way.
Your mochi cake sounds delicious!
What a sweet way to honor your mother, remembering her with love and a taste she enjoyed. Hugs to you on a special day of remembrance.
Thank you, HemlockSillage. 🌻
Sending you a few more hugs. I’m glad you were able to enjoy a favorite treat to honor your mom today.
Thank you, Gail. 🌻
Hugs PL67. Glad you had something sweet for today.
Thank you, Jalapeno. 🌻
Sending you 🤗 pl67! I’m glad her memory is a blessing!
Thank you, LesLiesse. 🌻
With the heat and humidity fast-approaching, I forced myself to go out early this morning into the garden for some much-needed weed-pulling. It’s been really neglected, mostly due to the heat/humidity – I can’t bear to go outside then – but when zi do, instead of bringing me joy, it’s been depressing. Just a brief start, but it felt good, and I uncovered the catnip plant, nasturtiums, and we picked a whole bunch of green beans and the last 3 gooseberries the birds left for us. 😋
SOTD could be another ‘cheap and cheerful,’ Ellen Tracy Bronze. A soft sparkling lemonade joined by a pretty violet note and a touch of powder. Nice!
Steak salad for dinner tonite 🍽️ and book discussion at the library later. Enjoy the evening!🌛
Have a great evening Laila!
Thank you. I did. Part of the fun of participating in a book discussion group is hearing others’ perspectives that I never thought of when reading the book.
Glad that you had nice enough weather in the morning. Did you kitty enjoy the catnip?
Edit = “your kitty” ⬆️⬆️
Yes, they enjoy the fresh catnip ( I only give them a leaf or two at a time – they’re indoor cats). They also really like the cat grass I have in little pots inside the house as well as the dry treats they get. As well as the toys in every room, various climbing structures to sit in, cushy beds, etc. Spoiled much?😻😻😻
They deserve it, though. 😉
I forgot to put on perfume today, which happens only very rarely. To compensate I’m wearing a gorgeous light perfume to bed, Angéliques sous la pluie.
Angéliques Sous La Pluie is the perfect bedtime fragrance.
You smell absolutely marvelous going to bed!
RIP Ozzy Osbourne. 😢
I am one of the resident metalheads here at NST, so this hits close to home. Godspeed. 🤘
SOTD = commando. I noticed a bit of skin irritation where I have been wearing perfume, so taking a break. I’ll see what it looks like tomorrow…
I got a news alert on my phone about Ozzy today. I knew it was coming but it still was a shock.
I saw him once around the later 80s. R.I.P.
https://youtu.be/mSfNvTVEALw?feature=shared
My favorite Ozzy song.
And that line-up! Legends!
My brother saw Ozzy at one of the Monsters of Rock concerts back in the 1980’s or early 1990’s.
And it turns out my brother has told me that Ozzy was never at Monsters.
Yeah, I was shocked when I saw what Ozzy looked like at Back To The Beginning. Glad he was able to do that last concert. 💙
My car is still at the shop. It was the expensive problem. Ugh.
I’m wearing BBW Tropidelic. I’m going to thunk this 7.5ml travel spray tomorrow.
Boo! Hiss! Sorry to hear that it was the expensive option for your car repair.
“Car in the shop” twins today. I had just left my house in the morning when some “engine power is reduced” light came on and car went into “limp mode”. Luckily, dealership is on my way to work and I pulled in. But husband had to pick me up and take me home to get a spare car for the day. At least we own an extra car. The repair won’t be too bad and should be done by end of tomorrow.
Wearing Goldfield and Banks Sunset Hour from a travel spray.
So sorry to hear this lillyjo!