It's Tuesday and the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Birthdays: Joe DiMaggio, Percy Sledge. RIP Jimmy Cliff. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Lush Silky Underwear. Tea at the moment is Jasmine Pearl Tea Co Bombay Breakfast.
Reminder: on 11/28, pick your Black Friday poison: wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it's too expensive. (We've done this project several times.)
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 detail from Still Life with Tea Cups by by Pieter Gerritsz van Roestraten (1630-1700) via Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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This morning’s choice is Horizon.
I don’t know that one, but hope you had a good day SheriG!
Wearing Infusion d’iris today. I think this is going to be my cold weather work perfume. Not looking forward to all the insanity at work. It’s always rough 2 days before a holiday since I work at a grocery store.
Stay strong 💪
Sending you all the calming vibes, it can get so crazy out there!
Perfect choice, good luck for those busy days.
Bon courage!
My son is working in a butcher shop and not enjoying Thanksgiving week so far 🙂
Wishing you peace and strength!
Today I’m wearing Coco Noir. It’s not earth shaking but it smells smooth and elegant.
That is a pretty scent.
Scent twins! One of my favorites in the cool months. Gusty winds today and only 38 degrees at the moment.
That weather is heading here tomorrow.
Need to smell that one on my next ULTA or Sephora trip.
Encens Mythique
I visited the Guerlain spa that opened in the Waldorf Astoria, the space is amazing and very big! I enjoyed all the amenities. Got to smell Jicky which I never smelled before.
What did you think about Jicky?
I liked it! Would be nice for spring/summer
Also tried L’instant Magic, or something like that?
I see Initial is gone from their line up, and so is my SOTD
Angelique Noire is also one I love
Have you tried Jicky?
You smell fabulous. I have never smelled Jicky either. What is it like?
Lavender/Vanilla
Very unisex
It was supposedly worn by Cary Grant!
Well, he was easy on the eyes
Jicky is supposedly the immediate forerunner to Shalimar, if online perfume lore is to be believed.
you smell great!
A Guerlain spa. How lovely!
Today I’m doing all the housework and errands in Boucheron Trouble, a pleasant, inoffensive root-beery amber, not troubling in any way.
I bought that when it came out, and really liked it. Then a good friend told me I smelled like Root Beer, and I was so “troubled” by the comment and comparison that I got rid of it!
Gaynor gave me a bag of samples the last time we met and I have been wearing them, off and on. Yesterday and today’s scent is Mind Games Ruy Lopez which is a dark plum and tea scent which I really like : very plummy without being boozy. But the price , goodness, around NZ$1000…not that it’s available here. I’ve enjoyed wearing it though.
Ruy Lopez was a sample that a sales assistant dropped in the bag when I bought something, I nearly fell over when I looked at the price! I’d have quite liked it at a quarter of that 🙂 .
Yes, I have seen those in some stores here and I got a nice array of samples from one of the generous SA’s I know at our local great shop Kuhl-Linscomb. I think I also liked that one. However, the line as a whole seems way too gimmicky for me with the chess names and the absurdly elaborate bottles with their “chess-piece” hats. If you see what they look like you’ll see why they think they can get away with those prices.
Getting ready to head out the door for our Sir Paul McCartney experience later, wearing my concert tshirt from the last time I saw him – in 1990!
SOTD for now is BBW’s Into the Night body lotion and body spray, will add a couple of drops of Habanita extrait for the concert later.
Happy Tuesday to all!🎶🎵
Have the best time, I can’t wait to hear about it!
Oh my, have a wonderful magical mystery tour of a time!
Enjoy your musical evening.
Sounds wonderful – have a great time.
Awesome! I hope you get another T-shirt to mark the occasion.
I’m wearing L’Or de Louis from Arquiste. I bought it nearly two years ago, but time is flying by at such a pace that it seems like a very recent purchase!
Isn’t it beautiful? But it just does not last on me. I’ve only worn it from samples and never quite invested.
I went on a grocery run this morning and I sincerely hope I didn’t forget anything because I’m not going anywhere near a store leading up to Thanksgiving! I’m going to spend the rest of the day slowly tidying up the house, but I tend to work best under pressure so I’m sure the most cleaning will be tomorrow. 😝
SOTD is Fancy Nights, a really great cheap thrill that was mentioned in the patchouli chat this past weekend.
Good luck tidying! Popped into Whole Foods to stock up on their dal soup, which is 25% off on Tues if you buy 2. What pandemonium, it was out of stock and someone’s child was coughing away in my vicinity. Was relieved to escape the checkout line!
Haven’t been near a grocery store or Costco since last week. Hopefully I don’t have to go before Thanksgiving!
I just realized I need a grapefruit and am considering how to get my hands on one without going in a store tomorrow 🙂
I am wearing Safran Troublant today. I made a pecan pie on Sunday and I think I will give away half before I eat the whole thing.
I adopted a cat from the Humane Society last Thursday. She is a Snowshoe and my first short-haired cat in decades. Right now she has chosen to live in the guest room closet on top of my ski boot bag, but she comes out for pets when I open the door and is eating, drinking, and pooping very well. I hope to introduce her to my other cats sometime this week.
How wonderful Foxbins. 💕
Does this sweetie have a name yet?
Tiptoe. Her toes are white and she walks very delicately.
Purrrfect!!
That’s fantastic kitty news! I hope the upcoming introductions go smoothly!
Wonderful news.
Snowshoes are very pretty. Wonder if she’ll be chatty 🐱
Lovely news! 💕
Congrats on your new family member. Sounds like all is going well, fingers crossed.
Oh how exciting! She sounds lovely and I hope all the kitties will get along. I am a big believer in the slow introduction method, too. 😺❤️😺.
Awwwww! ConCATulations! Your new kitty sounds adorable. Good luck getting everyone properly introduced.
Out the door very early for fasting labs sans makeup. Scary.
Home for shower and lots of sprays of Silky Woods. Tossing laundry in and listing stuff on eBay.
I bought the new Air Pod Pro 3s this weekend. They are fabulous and last for more than 8 hours on a charge.
My sisters’ world famous ( well, Gainesville famous) once a year only vegan banana bread arrived last night.
I will treat myself to once slice after an hour on the treadmill and dryer things folded and put away.
Ha, I know the feeling. I very rarely face the world without at least a little touch up. Just recently I was tempted to forgo but completed the ritual anyway. Sure enough, I ran into my old boss so I was very glad. In my small town it is even odds whether you’ll be spotted!😹
Banana bread, yay!
I’m wearing Jubilee Inspired Fragrances’ version of Dune. I don’t normally wear intentional dupes, but I bought their baby powder perfume, and they included a sample. It smells fantastic and lasts much longer than the original. I’m thinking of exploring their designer-discontinued fragrance dupes now. They do a version of Stella.
Oh, that would be nice to find a good dupe of Stella.
I’m in vintage Chanel N°22 EdT. Such glorious stuff. It’s very sparkly, so I think it’s in good shape, but it’s the only N°22 I’ve smelled, so what do I know?
Boy, would I love to smell the parfum someday. I hope Chanel reconsiders its discontinuation of the extraits.
You know what smells good! 😂
😊
Wearing Fendi Theorema l’Homme from a very kind swapper at our last swapmeet. Really like it, although nothing like the women’s version. It’s kind of fresh smelling – light spice, light woods. Very pleasant.
Hanging out with grandkids this week so everything I wear will be lightish.
I bet you smell fabulous😊Have a great time with the kids this week💕
Have so much fun!!
Thanks, allo and Robin!
Also – quick correction to the name of my SOTD: it’s Theorema Uomo, not l’Homme.
SOTD = Le Labo Tabac 28
Very nice! I should wear this more often!!!
I finally got the proceeds check for selling stock. I went to a branch to inquire about Roth 401(k). I honestly forgot about the $7,500 limit although for some reason I thought the max was a little higher. Anyway, I just found out that apparently, the threshold for taking advantage of the 0% long-term capital gain is $48,350 (double for married filing jointly). In any case I have a few more financial moves to make before yearend.
Palate cleanser for whatever reason you need it: fixing typewriters! I remember my brother and I lugging our Olympia luggage (see what I did there 🤣) to our aunt’s place to learn how to type!
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I took a typing class in 9th grade. Those speed typing tastes were so stressful! Then I took my Mom’s off brand typewriter with me to college. I didn’t have the correction ribbon. I used many bottles of Wite-Out…
I took that class!! It paid off later when computers came around.
I don’t even recall how I did in speed typing!
I think the best I ever did was 55 words per minute without errors. One guy in class could do 100!! 😮🤯
Argh, that should have been “tests”, not “tastes” up above!
Guess I was thinking about food.
I’m in Bulgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Vert and heading to bed.
Sleep well. 😴
Still continuing my patchouli exploration and forgot I had some Coromandel EdT so I’m wearing that. This has a lot of other things going on besides patch but it is so lovely that it takes my breath away. It also reminds me that I need to retry it next to Borneo 1834 next time I have a decant. IIRC, Borneo is more austere. Uncle Serge not pandering to anyone’s sweet tooth with that one.
Another well-blended scent with patch that has come to mind is the original Bottega Veneta. Not prominent to my nose, but it’s there. Stay chill out there, people, it’s a madhouse. Dawn, special thoughts going out to you in grocerylandia.
The OG Bottega Veneta is leather and oakmoss to my nose. Not so much patch for me. It smells fantastic!
Interesting story here about how a private equity firm is acquiring Luckyscent/Scent Bar and plans to expand. https://www.beautyindependent.com/monogram-capital-luckyscent-scale-scent-bar-retail-footprint/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOTKO5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBic
Very interesting!! Wish them luck.
Popping in briefly before I have to attend to the Green Chile Stew I am making today again.
Picked up Teflon kitty’s latest medicine today. She has a vet appointment on December 1 for follow up on the ears. How is it the end of 2025 already?
SOTD = dinner fixings! 🤣
Fingers STILL crossed for kitty ears! And save me some Green Chile stew 🙂
Thanks Robin!
Do you mind if your bowl has beef critter in it, instead of the traditional pork?
Beggars can’t be choosers, ha!
… and here I am worried about December 1st!
What’s in store for you on December 1?
Nothing…just the month turning although I think it is better than it turning on a Saturday or Sunday.
SotD Shalimar L’Essence. I’m a fan but it’s not my favorite Shalimar. I like Philtre and a ‘90’s edt a bit more.