It's Almost-Friday, National Spumoni Day and Count Basie’s birthday. What fragrance are you wearing?
More points for me, in Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum, layered over my DIY sweet orange + ylang ylang lotion.
Reminder: on 8/22, wear a fragrance with ylang ylang, if you have one. (This is a repeat, suggested by Kanuka.)
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 Colorize [cropped] by Rachel Samanyi at flickr; some rights reserved.
Hello.
Sotd is Guerlain Rose Amira. Gorgeous dark red jammy rose. It reminds me a lot of Rose Jam but classier. If you love rose, do give this a sniff.
For dinner tonight I’m making paella Valenciana (minus the snails!!!). It’s been a while since I last made one so I am not sure if I can achieve the delicious socarrat.
I had to look that word up, although I guessed what it was. Good luck with your paella–sounds quite ambitious!
Paella is always fun to make! Good heavy pan and low low hear! I admit to precooking most of the meats and fishes a little bit ahead of time. 🙂
Well that does make Rose Amira sound tempting!
I pulled Acqua Decima from my stash of decants. It’s a good citrus, with lemon predominant without smelling like Pledge.
Forgot that one! Eau d’Italie for anyone else who forgot 🙂
Good one, Robin. Terracotta is on my ylang list too, though it looks like it won’t make it this week.
I am in Lush Jungle body spray – a full tropical forest experience, ylang included.
You know, I don’t think I tried that one and I should.
Taking points in Le Dix edt over Le Dix dusting powder. I smell fluffy. 😁
Indeed you do!
I have loved Le Dix for many years and until your post, I never would’ve dreamed it had a ylang-ylang note!
SOTD = old lost sample, The Difference Company – lable says Santa…and the rest is illegible. It did smell like sandalwood and something fresh for a while, but now 6 hours in, it is gone gone gone. Sample tunked!
Currently cooking a batch of granola. Then, since it is cool and I am feeling inspired, maybe whip up the banana zucchini bread. Or, take a nap. LOL. A relaxing day!
Relaxing days are so nice, enjoy.
Thanks!
Santo Incienso?
I think you are correct, Robin! Always a fountain of good information. Thanks! I will fix my spreadsheet.
Indult Reve en Cuir, for what will be another day in the office,
You smell fabulous!
I agree!
I am wearing Chanel No 5 L’Eau and drinking a cup of Nilgiri Winter Frost tea.
That all sounds lovely!
Wearing Goutal Passion and sipping jasmine tea with some honey!
austenfan I love your SOTD. I remember smelling Passion for the first time and being just blown away by its beauty. Not sure it’s even available anymore. You smell fabulous!
Thank you, I am so glad I started collecting when Goutal was still doing great scents and most of their old ones were still available. Passion is no longer on their website unfortunately. I love it as well!
You smell great, Austenfan! My faves are Le Chevredeyille and Eau du Ciel, though that changes with time.I love the old pleated rounded bottles too!
I am CP compliant in Bronze Goddess Nuit.
It must be getting close to the time when I switch over to my fall/winter fragrances. At least it feels like it’s time😉
Isn’t it still stinking hot for you?
Yes, but cooling down tomorrow.
Sotd BBW Simple Iris. I just grabbed this and another one called Pistachio from the store. They are both great scents and long lasting on my skin and for a 2.5ml bottle at $8.95 that is basically free. For iris lovers I highly recommend it.
I didn’t have the time on Tuesday to thanks Robin, Laila and Jalapeno for their condolences. I appreciate them deeply.
The funeral went as expected and we are attending a memorial service later this afternoon. Flying back home tomorrow. In the meantime my sister and I decided to spend sometime outside today to release the stress and have lunch together. It is ridiculous hot here, so we are definitely looking forward to be back to more pleasant temperatures.
Happy Thursday! 🌻
I’m glad the funeral went well and here’s hoping the memorial service goes just as well!
Pleased to hear you and your sister have made it thru the funeral. Hope the memorial service is what you both need for closure. Hugs.
Safe travels back!
Glad you got outside even if it’s hot…hope your travels home are uneventful and that you have a relaxing weekend. And gosh, hope your cousin’s wife is doing ok. I am sure she is still in shock.
Im glad you got to spend time with your sister pl67! And again I’m sorry for the loss of your cousin.
Thursday is (literally) a heavy lifting day for me, and I’m in Hermes Eau de Rhubarb Ecarlate0-showel gel and the EDC. I love its red bottle.
And on a trivial note I’m having a really good skin day-no redness, no dryness, whole face looks pretty uniform. It doesn’t happen often so I am enjoying this lol 🙂
Is that a deep red bottle? I think Rhubarbe Ecarlate is the only one of Nagel’s creations for Hermès that I liked.
It is the deep red bottle 🙂
Rhubarb Ecarlate has such a pretty bottle!
I agree, Jalapeno, and it adds to the pleasure of the scent for me 🙂
Happy Almost Friday! I’m saving my last bit of Moon Glory for tomorrow’s CP, since my reinforcements won’t arrive until Monday.
Quick question: aside from price, if you wanted a hibiscus-forward scent, would you opt for SdJ Cheroisa 68 or Bulgaria Omni Coral? And why?
😆😆😆 Bulgariiiiii, not Bulgariaaaaa. Darn auto correct!
Never fear, LesLiesse, I read it as Bulgari anyway.
Hi! I have not smelled any of the Cheroisa scents but Omnia Coral is pretty. It was very fleeting but that might be my skin 🤷♀️
I’m trying to decide if it’s too late in the season to buy a scent like this. I suspect So Cal will be scorching hot til October.
The difference between stupid AI spellcheck and real live perfumistas is that we can read by context and determine what you meant! 🙂
It is funny what one letter can do! N
I’m not familiar with the Cherokee but I absolutely love the Omnia Coral in the summer!
I seem to recall that the overwhelming vote is positive for the zombie coral!
Omnia not zombie
Definitely the Omnia Corail! I couldn’t detect hibiscus at all in any of the Cheriosa scents.
Typo: “Cheirosa”, not Cheriosa!
Since the main thing I want is the hibiscus, this is good to know! Thank you jalapeño!
Had a dentist appointment this morning. The only thing that I need done is a crown to make sure that my partials can fit right when I get them. Did a micro shop today. I wouldn’t have had any coffee for tomorrow morning when I do my big shop. I am currently in Amouage Memoir.
Your SOTD is beautiful, and I’m happy for you that your dental procedures are progressing so well.
My dentist is sending in a form to say that the crown that I need is necessary and not cosmetic and see if my health insurance will pay for it. I am just happy that I don’t need any other major dental stuff done. Just a crown and impressions for my partials.
Fingers crossed that the insurance co listens to your doctor, Dawn
I really hope your insurance will cover it.
Collecting points in Zoologist Civet.
We are enjoying a few days of false fall, it’s pleasantly cool and cloudy to give off a September feeling. Just took a huge pile of fall clothes over to my little old sewing lady to hem and tighten buttons in fall anticipation but I know summer isn’t going anywhere yet.
Civet is a great one!
Wow! I need a sewing lady. Me saying I am mending clothing is like saying adorable hubby is going to change the oil in a vehicle- good intentions, but we have a better chance of winning the lottery! LOL!
I need to find someone to do clothing alterations. Hemming pants with duct tape is fine for an emergency, but doesn’t work otherwise.
Fresh strawberries and yogurt smoothie
This morning for the CP AdP Mandorlo Di Sicilia, smelling predominantly of citrus and almond, can’t say I detect ylang and tonight Cacharel vintage LouLou for the CP too, very heady but it’s only 60F currently, so it’s the right temperature for it, I haven’t worn it in a while but do love it.
Loulou is ginormous!
Starting to see fall fruits here now. Cherries are done, and pears and plums are coming in. 🍒🍐
Yes, it’s a beast😀, summer fruits are my favorite but fall fruits are good too, enjoy.
This is my day off and I’ll be escorting my mother to various places. This morning was supposed to be all about frivolous shopping, but we now need to fit in a doctor’s appointment.
I’m wearing another recent purchase, Arte Profumi Samharam. It’s a lovely incense, it’s very similar to some others I already have, but I’m glad I have it. It was part of my travel shopping and it’s a gorgeous red bottle!
I’m looking forward to meeting Kanuka this afternoon 🙂 .
At a certain point in life, going to Dr. appts becomes a major hobby. Just have to take a little knitting along and enjoy the chance to sit a bit…Hope it is a simple issue with your mon!
Hope you got in at least a little frivolous shopping!
I bade farewell to my favorite pool today; it was a short season and it closes tomorrow. It was a short season. With all the heat we’ve had this summer, it’s hard to believe it opened later than usual because it was too cool earlier this summer, but it did. The past 2 weeks it’s only been open 11 am – 1 pm anyway. It was too cool this morning to swim much, + the weather forecast was for bright sun 🌞 today; instead it was mostly cloudy and chilly with only peeks of sun. But I will miss it; indoor swimming just doesn’t do it for me.
This week’s cp reminded me of a fragrance I bought and rarely wear, so that’s my SOTD, Guerlain AA Ylang Vanille. I don’t remember where or when or even why I bought it as the ylang-ylang note is too strong for me. But at least I gave it another try today. 😇 It’s just ok.
Going to one of the last outdoor concerts in the area tonight, a Steely Dan tribute band. I will miss these, too, when they’re over.🎶
Happy Almost Friday!
Enjoy your concert!
Oh, I did! Fantastic Steely Dan tribute band called Brooklyn Charmers (not sure why, they’re all Chicago-area musicians). We were fortunate to see the real Steely Dan years ago; they were basically studio musicians and rarely toured.
Here’s one of their best-known songs as performed by the Brooklyn Charmers.
https://youtu.be/kVsZbseycA8?si=dfZe8yQniNzi3xCG
They are named for Brooklyn owes the Charmer Under Me, one of my very favorite Steely Dan songs…
Thank you! Not familiar with that song. Their ‘About’ on their webpage doesn’t explain it and they didn’t either in person. And Mr. Laila, who knows far more about such things, didn’t know either.
It was on the Can’t Buy A Thrill album, which got a lot of play in my house 🙂
https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steely-dan-brooklyn-true-story/
Laila, that will be my scent tomorrow. Love that AA, one of the few that smells like a full-bodied Guerlain to me, full of Guerlinaide. Most AAs are light colognes on my perfume-eating skin. So you may think you smell ok but I think you smell marvelous.
Oh, thank you for your kind words! I’ll have to make sure to wear this one again soon. The only other AA I have is the Winter Delice which I absolutely love and is a favorite December scent for me.
Hope that you have lovely weather for your concert tonight!
Yes, we did. Much nicer than I had for swimming earlier. Not only was the concert fantastic, but the night sky was clear for the post-concert fireworks show, which was perfectly synchronized to Steely Dan music.🎇🎶
SOTD = Chanel 31 Rue Cambon EDT
Nice! I wore howmanysprays4 today, not to conserve it but God knows I have several lifetimes worth of perfumes for many people.
My neighbor called me this morning ranting and raving about just hearing about adjustments needed to comply with township rules (although it’s possible that it is some other agency). I received a note myself and I have one item I must fix before the re-inspection on August 27. My opinion is there’s not enough time but then again, who knows whose fault the delay is from. I do have the smoke / CO alarms and offered this neighbor my 2 “extras” which I do need to replace for when I need them. I am somewhat concerned about this neighbor because she’s had a string of bad luck recently due to our power outage and I basically just told her to look on the bright side because she’s accomplished a good number of things in the past few weeks.
Here’s another gift article from the New York Times. It is about a very large Wyeth painting that will be on display relatively soon in Delaware. For those in the northeast U.S. or for those visiting, I think it is worth a trip!
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/arts/design/nc-wyeth-mural-wilmington-delaware.html?unlocked_article_code=1.f08.Y8MD.7334VgrXw6ky&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
… and PS, I received my Guerlain package 📦 today! I will open it tomorrow!
My Guerlain package comes tomorrow so will open Saturday and try because it’s supposed to be cooler that day.
I was going to wear Gabrielle tomorrow but now may go with 31 RC now that you brought it up. Thanks.
Looking forward to hearing your report on the Guerlain goodies you got!
Yes, I did the alliteration on purpose. 🤣😎
Oh thank you so much, I had missed that article and I will go see the mural when it opens! It is not far away from me.
I’m traveling until late tonight and I don’t think any of my samples and decants that I brought along have ylang but some lovely person sent me a decant of SL Rabat Loukhoum awhile back and I smell wonderful. What an amazing scent.
Yep, you do smell wonderful!
98 degrees here today. I sure will be glad when this heat wave breaks!
Playing musical parking spaces for the next day or two. My apartment complex is repainting all the parking spaces during the next 4 days, and tomorrow is when my area is getting the treatment. Gotta have the care moved by 7:15 tomorrow morning, but why wait?
SOTD = scent twins with Robin in Guerlain Terracotta. It bloomed beautifully this afternoon!
That is a goody!
Thank you Kris!
I am late as usual, but hey twin!
Not as late as I am in responding. 😉
I meant to get here much earlier but the day got away from me. Today I wore my travel spray of Sonoma Scent Studio Yin and Ylang for the first time in a long while, and it’s been delightful. Yesterday I was unscented while working at the office but I put on La Via del Profumo (Abdes Salaam Attar) Tasneem/Tasnim in the evening. It’s a very lush ylang ylang perfume, almost like sticking your nose inside a flower.
Gosh, now I cannot remember if I ever smelled that SSS.
But the Tasnim must be gorgeous, he does such amazing florals.
sotd = vintage Vol de Nuit from a sample
An old friend visited me from out of town today, so I wore an old friend of a perfume. It was lovely to enjoy the company of both.
Sounds like a wonderful day. 😊
No CP points today, but had to say that Spumoni is my BFFIC (best forever favorite ice cream) and sadly is not available anywhere near me.
Spumoni is wonderful stuff. I can get the real thing at an Italian restaurant in a neighboring town, wish I could send you some.