PSA: our next swapmeet will start on Saturday, 20 September.
We're marking the last days (weeks? maybe?) of summer with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the vintage perfume you've been thinking you really ought to smell, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Note: top image is morning light end of summer [cropped] by Jim Lukach at flickr; some rights reserved.
I woke up to a light veil of fog outside and a rare (for me) wish to smell of roses. So I’m in Myrrhe Églantine and enjoying its development from fresh, citrusy rose to faintly incensy rose. And speaking thereof, my Hot Cocoa rose finally woke up and started producing blooms. It began while we were “enjoying” temperatures near 100f, so now I’m thinking it has “hot” in its name for a reason. Will have to remember that for next year, and maybe not swear at it quite so much.
Maybe it’s the swearing that helped? 🤣🤣🤣
So … “hot” as in “hot under the collar”? 😂
The older I get the more I find swearing to be useful.
Sometimes it’s definitely le mot juste
😁😁😁😁
And cathartic. 😉
Yes to cathartic!
Love your fragrance. You smell marvelous!
Thanks! I’m loving it today too.
SG, you have inspired me to insert into my coffee overload a cup of Rose Cocoa Superlatte by Clevr (only one e).
I love being inspirational! And I agree that life (or even just one morning) without coffee is mizzable. ☕️
The caffeine withdrawal headache was a monster! Next year I have to make a goal to cut back on my caffeine intake but not just yet.
Going to look that up, it sounds great!
Happy to hear that your rose is blooming now!
Me too! Maybe it just needed all that heat and time to settle in. Or it was the swearing. Or the squirrel poop — there’s one who is trying hard to disturb every cubic centimeter of dirt in my back yard, including those in pots!
🤣🤣🤣 about the squirrel poop!
No SOTD yet. Wore Philosophy Amazing Grace yesterday for Primrose Pink (and office-friendly). Had a nice morning at the local farmer’s market and now relaxing with Harney vanilla tea.
And what pray tell did you get at the farmers market? Last of summer’s bounty or fall’s beckonings?
Wearing Cheirosa 62 today for my last day at work before vacation. I ordered a sample of the new Tauer LADDM Noir last night and eager for it to arrive.
Dawn, I eagerly wait your report!
Me toooooo.
Thirding!
Fourthing! LOL
Was going to wear Escada Casual Friday yesterday — I rarely think to wear except on Fridays, which is ridiculous of me — but it wouldn’t have fit the community theme so I’m wearing it today. It’s a terrific spicy-woody floral, much better than Givenchy Insensé (probably the most lauded of the era’s florals for men), so of course it had to be discontinued.
Wearing Casual Friday on a Saturday seems like the best of both worlds to me. I’m a bit torn about going with a title or not. One of my adored fragrances is Abel’s Laundry Day, which I stubbornly refuse to wear when the wash is calling my name.
Gosh, I was peering into the vault looking for L’eau d’ Ambre and there was an unopened box of DSH Cimabue behind it!
Feels like a win for the day😊😊
DEFINITELY a win 🥇
Box w/ Caravan Spice behind it.
Double win. 😊😊
😍
Oh very nice! I love Cimabue. May need to try Caravan Spice as well.
They are spontaneously generating back there in the dark.
The “Miracle of The Vault”
Perhaps I should sell tickets.
Apsara I have no idea what these fragrances are but your enthusiasm is contagious. May you feel as wonderful as I’m confident you smell!
LesLiesse, some day when you have lots of time (ha!), peruse Dawn Spencer Hurwitz’s site:
https://www.dshperfumes.com/
She is a lovely person and an amazing perfumer as well. And if you end up in Boulder, Colorado, you can visit her studio (you do have to make an appointment).
I couldn’t resist looking now. Wow! And at least now I know what DSH means.
Her perfumes and others can also be found at
https://american-perfumer.com/
Don’t know if you are familiar with site.
I have never tried any fragrances by DSH. Are there certain ones that are particularly good that people mention a lot here? I guess I don’t see any very often or I have just missed them.
Kris,
She puts out a lot of fragrances! Sometimes it overwhelms me at once.
I do find a lot to love there as I love resins and spices and she has that well covered. Also, the range of sizes one can get makes it not outrageous.
I just checked her website and it says ‘not accepting orders at this time.”
Alas.
Oh, I didn’t see that, but I was looking at the american perfumer site. Is that what you were looking at?
I think she is moving her shop, or is on vacation or something. I vaguely remember reading that she would be closed for a while. i don’t’ think it is a permanent thing.
oh gosh no, my mistake, it’s Ava Luxe who’s not accepting orders.
DSH is open for business as usual.
DSH did move her shop, and now only accepts appointments for in person shopping.
Happy Saturday!
Sotd- Zara Gourmand Coffee, since I only got a 1/2 yesterday. Basking and basking! Thanks again happy888cat!
Back to National Day of Encouragement. Another fragrance site wrote up Shalimar L’Essence today. I was going to comment about how much I loved it but the last time I did post in order to ask a question, a troll insulted my (apparently low) IQ. Not even a comment he disagreed with, but a question. I’ve been thinking about civility a lot this week, and I’m grateful to be part of a worldwide community that is part of the solution, part of the answer to the famous question, “Can we all get along?” Here at NST, the answer is a deeply felt YES!
Now I’m going to go recover from my exhausting exercise echocardiogram yesterday with its 24h caffeine moratorium by drinking tons of glorious coffee and smelling like it too 😆 !
Go drink coffee!!! I am having a quad espresso skinny vanilla latte as we speak😂
I may to have resemble that remark! ☕️☕️☕️
Well said!
🤗
Fragrance lovers are a passionate bunch and no two noses are alike.
I had a very dear friend who died at 33 in 1994 from AIDS.
I still have a tiny bottle of his Grey Flannel and his very important advice.
“Take what you like and leave the rest.”
🤗 May his memory continue to be a blessing to you and now to us! 🤗. Grey Flannel is sublime to me btw.
My friend’s mom placed a bottle of Shalimar in her Dad’s coffin when he was buried.
He loved that perfume on her, it was their shared favorite.
To accompany him on his next journey…
And because the Egyptians used resins, oils and spices as they prepared their dead for the next journey, this is 100% perfect.
Shalimar, even better, since it honors Mumtaz Mahal.
Nice!
I will join you with coffee
I’m having an iced coffee w lunch at a place I frequented in high school. Memory Lane! And Coffee Triplets w Kris!
I just finished my walk and will join you in the iced coffee!
I was going to see Quads but we’re probably Roman Legion size in our caffeinated bliss! Remember I’m wearing Gourmand Coffee as well as drinking it! 😉
You are very welcome LesLiesse! I am so happy you love my recommendation. 😊
Don’t listen to the trolls. They are bitter people that should know better. That’s why I love NST, everybody here is so supportive, kind and realllly nice.
Yeah, a hurtful comment can unfortunately really ruin your mood. I hope you’ll find enough positivity here to balance it out.
I drink coffee mostly when I need to work a lot, but I do enjoy a nice cup of cappuccino. Maybe I’ll get one today to join you.
Today my mother’s caregiver asked which coffee I was drinking because it smelled so good. It was the Zara, not my plain unsweetened light roast with a splash of 1%.
Sorry that happened to you, LesLiesse. No need for that, ever.
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You and Happy888cat are doing your darnedest to enable with that Zara coffee scent!
It’s such a great value – it’s the biggest bottle I own and for under $40!
SOTD is Shalimar L’Essence. It is very warm here today so I didn’t know if I could wear this, but it calms down quickly. I really do like it. Smells great with my BBW Butterfly lotion (contains iris notes).
You smell absolutely marvelous, Kris!
Thank you, my dear!
I am in Butterfly lotion, so a partial twin with you. I’ll have to try the Shalimar combo when it finally cools down. Hoping for this week, but they’ve been promising that for the last 2 weeks.
I’m sure you smell spectacular!
Thanks Gail!
I don’t have the lotion but there is a BBW near by. Maybe I can spray on some Shalimar and go pay them a visit? 😂
🤣
Covet today. This is one of those fragrances I go back and forth on, but today it’s a win. Sadly, I can’t find that plastic flower cap for my bottle. So cheesy, but I love it.
Just had one of my favorite breakfasts: tomato toast with olive oil and garlic (pan con tomate, which I learned about on a trip to Spain several years ago) with my homegrown tomatoes and garlic. So delicious. My tomatoes always seem to all ripen in Sept no matter which type I plant. Also getting ready for final camping trip this next week. The weather looks like it will be good.
Have a great weekend, all.
Wow, sp your breakfast sounds luscious!
It’s so good, especially with good tomatoes. See my response to Kris below for how to make it.
That breakfast sounds good. Is it tomato on the toast or bread made from tomatoes? Sorry, my ignorance.
It’s very simple and I love it. Here are the steps:
1) Cut your tomatoes in half and grate the cut end on the large sized holes of a grater. The skin magically doesn’t grate so you just get the meat of the tomato and you are left holding the skin. (A meatier type like those for sauce works best, but I’ve used all kinds.)
2) Toast your bread – I used a whole grain French loaf.
3) Cut a clove of fresh garlic in half and rub on the toasted bread while it is still warm.
4) Spritz or dribble a little olive oil on the toast.
5) Spread on your tomato “meat” and sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper and/or Italian herbs if you want.
Eat and enjoy!
That sounds delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe.
So welcome!
Sounds wonderful! Will try to duplicate this weekend as I’m off to grocery shop after lunch.
And thanks for reading my mind Kris and asking.
Hope you love it like I do.
This sounds delicious, thank you for sharing. Will definitely try for a nice light lunch; as much as I love garlic I don’t think of it for breakfast.
Yum. I suspect the key to this may be homegrown or good tomatoes, not the hard flavorless pucks you sometimes find in the stores. Also, I’m all in for the garlic!
Yesterday I was out to dinner and a couple walked in and all I could smell was this cloud of sweet lemon/vanilla fluffy goodness… when we were wrapping up our bill and getting ready to leave, they had a chat with us about how we liked the food and that’s when I asked the wife what perfume was she wearing, and it was the new Shalimar.
What a fun story LTSG! Did you share how many of us have fan-girling over that fragrance? (And I confess to being shy often when it comes to asking people what fragrance they’re wearing.)
That’s funny. I am sniffing my wrist as I am writing this. I don’t get the sweet lemon, but the vanilla is sure there.
Maybe it was Bergamont and not lemon..either way is smelled like dessert was coming my way! 😂
No citrus or bergamot in this version of Shalimar, but I thought this afternoon that I maybe smelled a little lemon. I just know it was not listed in the notes.
Did you decide to get it? I have been forgetting to ask you.
Shalimar in the wild! I have yet to smell the new one.
In the wild , yup!
Sounds like the Shalimar on her almost turned gourmand! On me the bergamot burns off fast and it’s mostly the delectable vanilla that’s left.
Me too.
This is amazing! Great story. Love smelling perfume in the wild.
She told me the whole story on how she went to a Guerlain event and that’s how she got her hands on the bottle
she must have been another perfumista in the wild!
lemon and vanilla reminded me that I saw a window for Akro’s Bake at Bloomingdales yesterday. Still haven’t sniffed that one but I think it might be time to soon.
So are you getting the new Shalimar after all?
I am going to say no. I will try and see. For me, when I smelled it in the wild it was too sweet.
Definitely test on skin then! IIRC apsara didn’t like it at all.
Tis true, it was too powdery for me.
Here’s something I like to ask for help with every now and then. I absolutely loved the old Pantene shampoo fragrance – early 80s before they were bought by Proctor & Gamble. I know that is many years ago. If any of you remember it, please let me know if you have any recommendations for similar fragrances. I’d love to find one. Someone on fragrantica mentioned that they thought Guerlain Champs Elysees EDT smelled a bit like the old Pantene, but I don’t know if they meant current day Champs Elysees or vintage. And I’ve never smelled it so no idea myself.
I can’t help you but as a fan of old Wella Balsam, Flex and the original Herbal Essence shampoos, I can relate. I actually bought an old Wella Balsam once years ago just for old time’s sake. It still smelled good. Everything is available on the evilbay and other sites at inflated prices, of course.
OMG now that you mentioned those, I can smell them just thinking about it. That has been years!
I’m happy to know someone else pines for those fragrances as well! I used to use all of those that you mentioned! My college roommate freshman year used Flex and had glorious wavy long red hair. She was very popular with the guys and I attribute it to the Flex! 😉
The original Herbal Essences shampoo smelled SO good.
Interesting because I know I liked Pantene but have zero memory of the fragrance, sorry! I do remember Flex and Wella, and that lemon shampoo, whatever it was, with the lemon cap.
Lemon Up! And if I’m not mistaken the Vermont store sells it, or used to. They also sell Loves Fresh Lemon and Loves Baby Soft
Thank you, how could I forget that?
SOTD = Zoologist T-Rex
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Oh yes … and maybe I’ve started on the Talk Like a Pirate CP? Love it! My FB is still full so many many wears left!
For adanst — I ended up not doing a side x side for Shalimar L’Essence and MVP. They are different with L’Essence smelling more concentrated and richer while MVP is more complex and diffusive. If you’re like me, I would get both. 😇
I started to read through some of the retirement programs which had updated terms. I read the one for 401(k) and could actually withdraw with no penalty. I have to understand a little better though as to what the balance would be – does it change (other than for withdrawn amount) or will it stay the same on the day after I submit my request? Anyway, no issues regardless but I do need to figure out if and how I can split up the pre-tax, post-tax and Roth. I also have a retirement plan which I need to tend to as well but the document is a little bit thicker …
Have a great weekend!
Thank you, H, for remembering to answer my question. In a few weeks, I will have the opportunity to smell the Essence and see how I feel about it. Something tells me I will end up with both. 😊
I bet you will!
Have a great weekend hajusuuri!
Thanks, lillyjo!
Hope your weekend is going well!
Are you at the point where you have to deal with RMD for your retirement accounts?
Thanks, jalapeño! No RMD related concerns yet although I called the Call Center (see what I did there? 🤣) to clarify a few points. Ultimately, there’s an order to the sequence.
I can still smell last night’s perfume on my clothes – SL’s Écrin de Fumée. Post-shower, I’m thinking about something floral to encourage the sun to come out, maybe L’Âme Perdue.
We’ve got to go to the supermarket this morning. That was supposed to be yesterday but the car’s battery was flat – we don’t use the car a lot, so we have frequent battery problems. We’ve got an awesome little battery pack that can start the car (battery technology has come a long way), but we forgot to recharge it!
Your last nights’ fragrance is delicious. I must remember to pull this one out.
Écrin de Fumée is soo beautiful. It’s on my wishlist. The deep cocoa scent is *chef’s kiss*.
I have a small battery jump kit in case my battery dies. It can also be used to charge my laptop and cell phone if the power is out. It’s a handy thing to have.
Wearing Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady.
I am having coffee with a slice a zucchini bread and feta cheese. The farmers market had a great variety of bread early this morning, so I bought enough to last me for the next two weeks. Bread is something that I cannot live without and I consume it daily. Fall is my favorite time of the year because of the seasonal flavors. The fig apple bread is one of my favorites. I might grab more next weekend.
Happy weekend, everyone! 🌞
That bread sounds delicious! I can imagine it toasted with butter, yum.
Very tasty toasted, either with butter or olive oil.
Fig apple bread — yum!
I will look for the recipe and see if I venture to make it in the wintertime.
I share your love of bread pl67.
Me too!
Welcome to the bread club! 🍞🥐🥖🥯
Me too!
Fellow bread lover! I need bread almost daily. I love brown or rustic-style breads. Fig-walnut is one I always get.
Yes to all the rustic breads.
I am with you on rustic bread. Those are the best!
Smelling fabulous!
Thank you, Kris! 🌹
Wow! I want to go to your market
I love going there. The variety is fantastic!
I’m in Dune, which seemed appropriate for this transitional weather. We had major thunder and rain overnight, woke me out of a sound sleep. The rain brought the humidity back and we turned our ac back on this morning. I’m glad we did because it’s muggy out!
The house smells like banana cake. It’s my daughter’s annual request. Tomorrow I’ll put the chocolate frosting on. Twenty candles, hopefully the smoke alarm doesn’t go off.😅
Sending early happy birthday wishes to your daughter.🎂
Thanks Laila!
I love Banana Cake! My boyfriend in high school always requested that his mother make it for his birthday and he liked to enjoy it with a scoop of licorice ice cream (it was surprisingly good😋)
Licorice ice cream sounds right up my alley. Now I need to hunt some down…somewhere. I doubt it will be sitting next to the vanilla and chocolate at my local markets though.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen licorice ice cream!
Happy birthday to Madtownteen! 🎂
Thanks pl67!
Have a great celebration tomorrow!
It’s going to be hot and humid here all next week. Not complaining.
Thanks!
No complaints from me either, I’m happy to have these 70 and 80 degree days in September.😎🍁🍂
Happy Birthday to your daughter, madtowngirl. What a lovely mom to bake her favorite cake, which sounds delicious. Chocolate and bananas are an excellent combo. Makes me think also of Chunky Monkey ice cream which was one of my faves in college.
Thanks DeniseH! It really is a delicious combo!
Happy birthday madtownyoungadult (?) and save me a slice of cake!
20 candles! Happy birthday to the teen/ya!!
Enjoy the birthday festivities!
Wow, we had several incredible downpours this morning, complete with lots of thunder and lightening that drove all 3 😻😽😸under the bed! Luckily it cleared up in time for our historical society’s annual cemetery walk, a fun event featuring some of our local HS history and theater students portraying some of our town’s most famous residents buried there. Turned out to be warm and sunny 🌞 and breezy as we volunteered and led several tours.
Didn’t wear any fragrance earlier since it’s mosquito season out there but now I’m enjoying the soft sandalwood of YR Ode of Reve, with just a touch of vanilla and incense and a jasmine note making it a light, calming, soothing scent. Definitely a ‘blue,’ scent, the color of the bottle.
Happy Saturday to all!
That cemetery walk sounds wonderful, wish we had that here.
How are the 3 kittehs doing today?
Yesterday I waited on a woman who said she had worked with me at my old store of employment. It took me a second to remember and I said Yes! You wore LouLou! It was her signature. You couldn’t buy it here and she had purchased it in some larger city. I was so jealous. Anyway we talked about old times ( over 30 years ago!) and told each other how great we still looked. I held up my line a bit too long but I didn’t care. It was nice.
Today I am wearing TF Fleur de Chine.
How is the new boss?
I can’t remember if you were one who was interested in LPRN Honey Rose, but it is $40.00 at Jomashop rather than $110 at Guerlain. No affiliation. I couldn’t remember who it was that was interested.
The new boss has been ok. I know he will be making some changes so I am still waiting and seeing.
It was me interested in Honey Rose! Gosh that got to discounters quick!
I thought so too! I was hoping someone had tried it to hear what it was like.
Oh, and I think only $10 more for 50 ml.
I saw that. It’s a really good deal.
Had anyone smelled it? I am interested too
As far as I know, nobody here has reported trying it.
I tried it, I can’t believe it’s at discounters.
My daughter brought me a bottle from Paris. It has the LPRN dna with lots of honey and a bit of rose, mostly i smell the honey, it’s lovely.
I am also interested in it. Might get a sample of it so I don’t blind buy.
How funny and appropriate that you placed her based on her perfume, LOL. That vintage Loulou is lovely and quite strong. You smell great in TF too!
I never forgot her perfume, I just loved smelling it on her.
you smell great! That was a lovely TF.
It’s lovely.
How cool that you crossed paths with an old coworker!
I’ve been somewhat bogged down in some writing projects plus my Korean class homework and preparing a presentation for Monday night’s class…. It’s a bit absurd that I taught for 40 years and am nervous about a 10-minute presentation to a non-credit course, but there you go! (It’s in English, fortunately! Anyway our summer weather continues unabated, highs in the 90s and humid, ugh. I wore Zoologist Camel today, somewhat hurrying Fall to come along… with its nice spices and fruits plus miscellaneous other notes (like myrrh) it was very pleasant and not too heavy. Hope everyone else is doing all right these days, when the general atmosphere of the world and nation seem so tense and depressing.
Good luck with your presentation!
I had been thinking if I should start learning Korean since I already know some Japanese (I passed JLPT N1, meaning I can get by daily life in Japan) and I heard that their grammar is very similar, plus the Korean writing system is much easier. Do you have your lessons 1-on-1 or is it a large class?
It’s fairly large, at 20 students, but she encourages a lot of class participation and goes around the room often to have us read or pronounce things.
Myrrh, eh? *Looks up with interest.*
The general atmosphere is indeed dire, you are so smart to be taking a class and keeping yourself nervous about other things! Good luck with the presentation.
Thank you.
Happy weekend!
Sotd is Amouage Dia 40. Floral aldehyde heaven. I love it.
Dad’s cake was a success! He had 2 large servings so I was very happy. (So did I, but that’s expected given my sweet tooth.)
I can’t wait for summer to be over because I had a few cases of heatstroke already. The weather is still blisteringly hot so I am guessing fall won’t be here until October.
I just started a new cozy crime mystery series called “Bewitched by Chocolate”. No mystery why that caught my attention. Lol.
Love Dia, is the 40 version much different?
Glad the cake was well received! Happy birthday to your dad 🙂
Thank you!
Dia and 40 smell quite similar but I’d say 40 is ever so slightly more floral and polished. The sillage is also a little stronger. However if you already have the original, you won’t need 40.
I agree with Happy888cat. I have a small decant of it. I have a bottle of Dia and don’t need the 40.
YAY! So glad the birthday cake was a hit!
Glad to hear that your Dad’s birthday cake was a success! 🎂🎈🎉
An early happy Sunday!
Going to see the SpinalbTap sequel and trying to figure out which fragrance to wear. The obvious one is Lake & Skye 11 11, but I don’t have any and no Ulta’s nearby. Are there any Stonehenge scents? If we really like it we may go see it a second time on the big screen so any creative ideas will be appreciated.
I would say an over-the-top “rockstar” scent with lots of sillage should work. Remember that Spinal Tap is “one of England’s loudest bands”. But it might be too much for a public space.
Also, what about a black/noir scent with a leather note?
“The way they dress, the leather.” Also, remember their infamous “Smell the glove” cover? “How much more black could this be?” and the answer is: “None, none… more black.”
Anyway, whatever you wear, I hope you enjoy the show! I enjoyed both the original movie and their “Retrun of Spinal Tap” concert, but have not seen the sequel yet.
Glannys, thank you for the insightful reply!
Since none of my bottles seemed right, I went to my samples and pulled out IA’s The Cobra and the Canary! I had avoided it (especially after the Bull’s Blood scrubber debacle) because snakes – yechhhh 😡- but silly me it’s NOT a snake it’s the famous 1964 Shelby Cobra roadster from Carroll Shelby! And here’s the famous IA write-up: “their journey is a blur of seedy motels, cool swimming pools, hot debutantes, cocktails, and cigarette smoke.” Now that sounds like a rock and roll tour to me! Thanks again Glannys!
It does sound like a rock and roll tour! Good thinking.
Stonehenge ahaha. Will never forget that scene. So brilliant.
When they lower the 18-inch instead of 18-feet Stonehenge, I still remember gasping for breath I was laughing so hard!
I am embarrassed to admit that I have never seen the OG Spinal Tap.
Do not be embarrassed at all jalapeño. You can enjoy it now just as much as when it came out. And it’s still hilarious imo.
I’m wearing Aromatics Elixir to help me de-stress. I’m soon to start a new position with a regular client, and it will be demanding in terms of both time and effort.
I came across an interesting video about pirates – “Historian Answers Pirate Questions” while looking for ideas for the next week CP (or should I say YouTube scarily recommended it to me). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IuezELhnLs&t=604s
Here’s to the new position and to your regular client for recognizing your overall brilliance. You will be great.
Aw, thank you — I’ll try to live up to that “brilliance” reputation!
May I pass on Robin’s de-stressing recommendation to me: Harney’s Super Blue French Lavender tea after a shower & lotion of Lush’s Sleepy for nighttime or Le Labo’s Lavande 31 for daytime?
Olfactory support aside, I join w others in saying that you’ll do great in this new position because of your abilities, creative insight into solutions and work ethic Glannys! And may they appreciate you as you deserve!
I don’t have any of those, but thank you for the recommendations! I showered and finished the last spritzes of Tiare – I guess I’m in a chypre mood today. I’m really touched by your encouragement, it means a lot.
Also recommending Bulgari’s Blue tea perfume…
Oh, I have this one!
Wishing you well in your new position, Glannys. Hope you can feel our support waves on their way to you over the oceans!🤗
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Exciting times for you! Best wishes for your new job!
Kitty snuggles are highly recommended as a stress coping mechanism, provided said cat is willing.
Thank you! Yes, kitty snuggles help a lot.
Happy Sunday!
No perfume yet as I am still in pajamas but I think it will be new Shalimar today. I haven’t fallen for it but I’ve also been too busy to sit and enjoy perfume, so that shall be my mission today 🙂
I also did a little perfume shelf organization and out away some perfume bottles for the swap. The longer I’ve had my collection the easier it’s been to understand which bottles I will never reach for (even if I do like the scent). Off to a better home they go!
Hope you enjoy your Shalimar L’Essence! And I like your thinking about a better home for some scents.
That thought makes a trade or even a getaway much much easier.
Still in Cheirosa 62 and in my pajamas. Helped my dad for a little bit with cleaning and organizing his and my Mom’s room. My mom always was a pack rat and since she is visiting a friend, we are taking advantage and seeing what we can get cleaned and organized. I think in the next hour, he will call it quits for the day. I am going to finish some vacuuming and call it a day for cleaning. I think after my shower, Noontide Petals will do.
Slow and steady wins the race. How long is the visit?
We are not fully sure yet.
Do the best you can, in the time you have, with the resources you are given.
My dad had a full storage place. Luckily he did empty it before my parents moved. It was hard.
Have a peaceful afternoon, Dawn.
Celebrating a beautiful early fall day with NR Nina, a fruity-floral gourmand fragrance, apple-centric with some floral and woody notes, light and crisp and just a little sweet, like your favorite apple. I enjoy apple scents in early fall, and this one is nice on a rather warm day that actually feels more like summer. Nina actually fits this week’s piracy theme as a ‘steal,’ – I remember I paid $5 for it years ago at our local Jewel/Osco.
Treated us to breakfast at our favorite local diner and continued today’s apple theme with apple walnut crepes and bacon. Yum! 😋 Will be spending the rest of the day transitioning our home decor to early fall as well, but no pumpkins yet!
Happy Sunday!🍎🍏
I haven’t heard someone mention Osco in ages! It’s been decades since I lived near one.
Interesting! Apparently the Jewel Food stores acquired Osco in the 1960’s, constructed many side-by-side businesses in the 60’s and 70’s, and then by the mid-80’s had consolidated both stores into one under one roof. I don’t think I ever knew Osco as a separate store.
Osco used to have a presence in southeast Idaho. IDK if Osco/Jewel are still there, or if they pulled up stakes.
They were in the Midwest too as separate stores.
Had more wild weather here yesterday, with several bouts of rain and thunderstorms. That’s all moved out overnight, and the reamining clouds have gradually burned off during the afternoon. Perfect temps in the low to mid 70’s now.
Watching (American) football while I multitask with chores. Finished a load of dishes earlier and now doing laundry. Been sorely tempted by the new Guerlain LPRN. But Teflon kitty has a vet appointment this week, so those funds will go to that.
SOTD = back in Smell Bent TEN. Seem to be on an incense kick right now.
Until such time as you can treat yourself to the new Guerlain, I guess you can look at it this way – what brings you more joy, Teflon kitty or a new perfume?(Be careful what you say.)😻😻😻😻😻😻😻😻
Oh the cat wins, paws down!
Expecting a week of thunderstorms and bad weather here too.
The unsettled weather moved out last night. Today was beautiful and felt like a perfect taste of summer weather.
Incense for me today (Monday) for me too!
We are incense twins today then!
Went to see the Downton Abbey finale movie yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Wore Bois des Iles because it was around in the timeframe of the movie and it seemed like something Lady Mary would wear.
Donna Karan Black Cashmere today for fall, even though it was hot.
I LOVE Downton Abbey! The finale and Wicked part 2 are my most anticipated films of the year.
I have plans to see Downton Abbey some time this week.
May just wait for it to appear on one of the streamers.
Me too, but I will watch it!
Happy Monday
I’m starting the CP with Francesca Bianchi Sex and the Sea Neroli – a scent for the pirate priestess (and so much more), Tia Dalma. Think salty, sweaty skin, the brightness of neroli and a swirl of deeply animalic notes.
For anyone curious, here’s the full list of notes:
Bergamot, petitgrain, honey, neroli, mimosa, coconut, immortelle, rose, iris, sandalwood, vetiver, labdanum, benzoin, ambergris, civet, vanilla.
Have a great week starting your new job Glanny!
Thank you, but I haven’t started yet. I’m on stand-by from today, as the agency doesn’t know when the end client will need me. Most likely next week.
I hope it is going to be next week, since I still have other things to finish this week. Freelancer’s life!
I sprayed this morning before I read the CP description but I did get the CdG Wonderwood I’m wearing for a “steal.” I’m looking forward to a week of wearing piratey steals😎
Clever approach, allo.
Love it!
Arrrr, that’s the spirit! ☠️
I’m starting pirate week in Dior Cuir Cannage, because the prices this discontinued beauty goes for these days is highway robbery!
😆 highway robbery!
I just got back from a flying trip to Wyoming. helping one of my brothers get ready to move from the ranch to be nearer his grandkids in one of the “big cities” in Wyoming. He is excited to be closer to those babies, so it was not all that sad, and he had an easier time letting go of a lot of “stuff” than I expected.
SOTD = Dune…aaahhh!
I’ve been to Jackson and Jackson Hole for skiing. Gorgeous country with the Grand Tetons! Hope your brother will be happy in his new digs! You’re kind to help him downsize and move!
My family ranch is about 9 miles from Yellowstone, but in drier cedar ridges, sagebrush flats country.
Haven’t been across the border to WY for 11 years now. Road construction on I-25 North is something I will avoid, if I can.
Yes, I25 is less than beautiful. Take the old road from Fort Collins to Laramie, or if you really have time the even older road through Saratoga-much prettier drive! But you generally need a reason to drive into Wyoming beyond pretty scenery. A lot of nothing in all directions…
Ah, US 287 thru Ted’s Place. That highway will have to be re-routed soon. A huge reservoir is being built up in that part of northern Colorado, and several miles of 287 will be under water when it fills up.
I know about “lots of nothing” in WY. That stretch between Green River and Little America, yikes!
Yes, Dune . . . Ahhhhhh!
Today is my birthday and making a pork roast dinner for it. No perfume gifts but waiting to have a couple paychecks before I get a new perfume. Wearing Lyric today.
Happy birthday Dawn. I hope you had a lovely meal and a happy year ahead.
Happy birthday 🎂!
Happy birthday! 🌻
Happy Birthday, Dawn!💐 A pork roast for dinner is the perfect way to celebrate😋
Happy birthday, Dawn! (I’m also a Virgo).
A beautiful birthday to you Dawn!
Hoping your special day has been lovely! 💐
Happy Birthday Dawn! Sounds like a great meal.
Happy Scented Birthday, Dawn! 🎉🎂💐
Happy birthday Dawn!! Hope someone is going to be sure there is cake after that pork roast.
Happy birthday, Dawn, wishing you all good things in the year ahead!🥳
Happy birthday Dawn!!!!!
Happy birthday!
Happy belated birthday, Dawn!
Happy Monday all! Looking forward to hearing about Glannys’ first day of new job!
Saw Spinal Tap II: the end continues (a perfect title esp with the 2 using Stonehenge). Great ROFLOL! 👍👍👍
The Cobra snd The Canary 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 I smelled like an ashtray full of butts left out over night. Add in that that that name makes me think of a big snake killing a canary then eating it ->>> not for me. Plinked that sample with good riddance.
Sotd – Harmonist Moon Glory. Not CP- just happiness.
Oopsie- grabbed wrong sample. Sotd is actually Harmonist Yin Transformation Eau de Parfum., a citrus-rose-iris-orchid scent. Also lovely lovely lovely.
“An ashtray full of butts”? 🤢🤢🤢 Blergh!!
I am on “staycation”, trying to knock out some nagging tasks. I am wearing a sample of Reve D’Ossian by Oriza L Legrand for doing my mammogram and some household tasks. The bottle on this one looks so vintage though maybe the newer bottles no longer have the gold tassel. Incense is so calming for me but I am not sure this one would add a lot to my collection. Technically, I am not supposed to wear scents to the mammogram but I am a light applier and did not get any complaints.
They still have the tassel and you smell wonderful!
Oooooooooooooh. Reve d’Ossian is amazing.
It’s another sunny morning – I can’t believe how often I’ve been able to say that over the last few weeks. I’m in the mood for incense, and I’m wearing Arte Profumi Samharam.
That is such a stunning bottle, Gaynor!
Sun is out here too and I’m wearing Copper before taking my dog out for a walk in the cemetery.
Enjoy the walk in the sun!
Have never asked, but is there lots of foot traffic in the cemetery you walk in, and if so, mostly just people using the public space or people mourning / visiting departed loved ones?
SOTD = Chris Rusak Io
Incense! Love it. Like many of my bottles, the volume seems to remain steady…
I clarified a few things with my Pension Plan and 401(k) Savings Plan so I am “good to go” at least as far as my plans go. More to come for sure!
Yay for getting things sorted out!
sotd = Vanilla Flash + Au court du desert
Last night I took Tauer samples out of the perfume cupboard thinking I would choose one this morning.
But two called to me, so I have a spritz of VF on one wrist and au couer on the other. They blend nicely in a very Tauer-y manner. A little bit of these goes a long way for me. 🤭
Hope everyone had a super scented Monday. 🌸
I can see those too playing nice together.
Wearing a spray of Insolence edt over BBW Butterfly lotion. We’re back to (or still in) summer. It will be like this all week 🌞.
Yay for that!
Like summer here all week, too, so much for the fall fragrances on my perfume tray.
Hello there NST! You all aren’t going to believe this, but today I *finally* found my misplaced Tauer samples! Also had several L’Artisan manufacturer samples hanging out with them, and some perfume mini bottles. It only took me 19 months, ha!
Now if only I can find those books of stamps I packed….
SOTD = still hanging out in Smell Bent TEN.
Oh fun!!! At least it wasn’t 19 years when they’re all spoiled past using 🙂
Now to see how many duplicate perfumes I have in the Tauer sample stash. 🤪😂
I think karma visited you today, because you suppressed your desire for that new Guerlain and put Teflon kitty’s needs first, the missing samples miraculously appeared!👍
Karma, or visualization. I’d been thinking a lot about finding those samples lately!
Another summery day here, so I’m sticking with another light fruity floral with an apple note, the original Burberry fragrance, sometimes called Burberry Classic or Burberry Woman, from the mid-90’s, one of the few scents that I used up and repurchased. I distinctly remember trying this one out in the mall one day; I wasn’t really into fragrances much then, and it appealed to me so much I bought it on the spot and still enjoy it albeit only occasionally since I have way too many others clamoring for attention!
Wishing everyone a wonderful week ahead! It’s been a long day and I’m off to 😴 💤.
Good night! 😴😴