It's Black Friday aka Buy Nothing Day, and Native American Heritage Day. (Also, National French Toast Day.) Birthdays: William Blake, Nancy Mitford, Berry Gordy, Randy Newman, Jon Stewart, Martin Clunes. Our community project for today: 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.)
What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.
Unless I am forgetting something (which is quite possible) the last thing I bought was a decant of Imaginary Authors Dipped in Chocolate, and that's what I'm wearing today.
Reminder: there will be a community project on 12/5, and I am hoping to replenish the stock by the end of the day!
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 Forest Scene. Chalee, Pop. 02.527. circa 1950. via Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa. Bonus reading about this work at Gilcrease.
Hello and tgif!
Sotd is Dior Rouge Trafalgar Esprit de Parfum from a miniature because I am reluctant to pay so much for a (although delicious) very sweet strawberry candy shampoo. I do love it so much, it’s a lot of fun.
Poor doggo’s left ear flap is very swollen due to aural hematoma (burst blood vessel). I just dropped her off at the vet for surgery. They need to cut an opening in her ear to perform suture of the blood vessel and drainage. Ouch. 🙁
I had one Lab that had to have that done twice due to ear infections. It’s always around a holiday when this happen.
My pup is a Lab too!
I hope your dog gets better soon and you can enjoy the weekend!
Thank you. I picked her up from ths vet this afternoon. She’s groggy from the meds and I can tell she’s in pain. Poor thing.
Oh, sorry about your poor doggo. I experienced that with mine years ago, too. Hope all heals well.🤞
Thank you Laila.
Sending healing vibes for your poor dog!
Forgot to post yesterday since Thanksgiving was a chaos for me. It wasn’t until 5 that I was able to apply perfume. The SOTD was Feminite du Bois
The CP will have to wait until Sunday. Since I had yesterday off, I am working today. After this week’s holiday insanity, I need some extra zen and I am wearing Kyoto.
Deep breaths, Dawn!
Sending you ☮️!
Hope you find all the zen on Sunday Dawn!
Hang in there Dawn!
There used to be such a mad profusion of Liz Claiborne scents in the online retailers that I occasionally wondered if they manufactured them just for that market, bypassing brick-and-mortar retail altogether.
Anyway, I’m wearing Spark, a spicy woody oriental, nominally the women’s version, although both this and the men’s are entirely unisex. I have a big 100-mL bottle that I can’t have paid more than $15 for twenty or so years ago, a very cheap thrill indeed.
Some of Liz C’s perfumes featured renowned noses behind their scents.
Once in a blue moon I do see a Liz Claiborne scent at an outlet store.
I kind of love Black Friday. Looking at Indigo (chain of bookstores) to see what’s available 🙂
I’m in Borneo, because it’s gorgeous and I thought I would not be working in close contact with coworkers today-I was wrong. They hate patchouli. Good thing I only wore one spritz.
Hope everyone’s Thanksgiving was awesome, and you all have leftovers for lunch.
You smell wonderful even if your co-workers don’t think so.
I was just reading about leftovers! I was fretting about refrigerated / frozen foods when a power outage went slightly over 4 hours. All good though …
https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/leftovers-and-food-safety
You should be good after only four hours-and I’m so glad for you! Remember to try and not open the door if you can. Leftovers are precious 🙂
When we are in Canada I browse Indigo for hours and come out with a armful of books usually
Continuing my unplanned Chanel week, I’m in Eau de Cologne (from a sample.) I love this stuff so much – what a beautiful, elegant scent. Alas, it lasts all of twenty minutes on my skin, so I’d go through a 6.8oz bottle in a flash. At $540.00, it ain’t happening until my financial ship comes in. (I’ve received no notice that it’s even set sail.)
Happy Friday, everyone!
I love that one.
Chanel has gotten stupid expensive. Good thing I have enough to last me for a while.
Daniel this is a favourite of mine, and I did buy the big bottle a long time ago when it was marginally less. I like to get it in my hair or on my collar to make sure it lasts longer. Everything lasts forever on my skin anyway. You smell great!
It really is a stunner, isn’t it? Were I ever to invest in a bottle, I’d definitely take your advice and spray my clothing!
Such a bummer that Chanel has gotten stupid expensive, like Dawn says.
Lots of snow, lots more on the way. It’s only November! she cried, whimpering.
But I’m on my nice warm front porch room, wearing By the Fireplace and not looking forward to picking up groceries.
Enjoy your day everyone!
I hope you have a good day and keep warm. Sending you a bit of summer sun!
Ah thank you Kanuka! Sunshine is precious.
Getting the snow here too. We went grocery shopping, stopped to stock up on my iced coffee and hit the drugstore. Already for a few days if we can’t get out.
Yes, we can hunker down too. I just want the power to stay on.
I’m whimpering with you – ours is coming late tonight and all day tomorrow.
Stay safe Laila!
Oh gosh. I’m sure I’ll be whimpering soon enough, but meanwhile you have my sympathies.
I am envious of your snow! Send it my way, b/c Colorado needs it desperately.
I came down with a cold on Tuesday evening, and today is the first day I feel up to wearing a scent. Berdoues Assam of India – light, citrusy, and a cheap thrill.
Sorry about your cold, but glad you’re a bit better today.
Thank you!
Hope you feel better soon!
Thank you!
Sending healing vibes your way!
Thank you!
Feel better! And you smell great.
Hope you are over that cold ASAP!
I’m wearing MKK this morning, my most-loved holiday scent. If it stops raining I will put up the outdoor decoration and hang the wreath on the front door. I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving if you celebrated.
I got some decorations started but have a long way to go!
Wearing Aedes Cafe Tabac. I use to purchase their bottles like crazy.
Those years are well behind me.
I used to purchase all the perfumes like crazy 😉
I hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving with no cooking dramas! I went shopping for a sun hat and came home not only with a hat that isn’t particularly suitable for summer ( though it’s pretty cool, and wearable, Yamamoto black bucket hat) but with a bottle of CDG Zero ( Fanny Bal). It starts off smelling of celery ( not listed in the notes) and bergamot, and then twists to a kind of wood varnish ( quite sharp, as if you’re in the process of painting varnish onto wood) and then softens into a citrus/ wood with a hint of celery ….it’s better than it sounds, and unlike any other CDGs except, maybe, that chlorophyll one.
It sounds rather peculiar, but that can be a good thing in perfumery.
I haven’t tried a lot if CdG’s, the incense series (before I actually started enjoying the note), CdG Laurel and Black. Which is peanuts considering all they have produced.
I still find their perfumes worth trying and they haven’t gone up in price to the same extent as other brands. I really like Ganja of their more recent releases. Copper, too. Not so keen on the Marseille soap one or the Kaws one. Have a nice weekend. Hope it’s not too cold.
It’s damp and chilly, so uncomfortable rather than cold.
I very rarely try new perfumes not having easy access to a good perfume store. But I would like to explore CdG a bit more.
Very happy to see you commenting, hope everything is ok with you, I was thinking of you only last week.
That’s so kind, I am fine just busy making some difficult decisions.
Oh good, so glad to see the weirder CdGs still finding fans. (I don’t know why since I am not going to buy them anymore, just warms my heart. I likewise appreciate that they have not jacked up their prices so that regular people can’t afford them.
I tried that one out, looking at “rose-ish” scents since it is supposed to have synthetic rose. I used my whole sample up very quickly because I found it quite light. I don’t know if it would end up like some other scents I could not smell at first but then I ended up being able to smell all day and loving (Gypsy Water). Maybe another sample some day. . . .
I’m still in seclusion with what is probably a medium-mild case of covid, and wearing Idyllwild to reassure myself that I haven’t lost my sense of smell. Thankfully Mr. G and I staked out our respective preferred bathrooms years ago so neither of us has to make that small sacrifice … but waving to each other across the room is getting old rather quickly.
Oh no! I’m glad you can still smell things. What a drag. Hope you get better very soon.
Hope you recover quickly!
I hope you get better soon
Oh yuck, hope you are feeling better soon SheriG!
Hope you get over Covid soon. No fun to be sick during the holidays or anytime for that matter.
Glad you still have your sense of smell. Hope the Covid is over soon.
Oh no – cold is bad enough, but covid… Get well soon.
Sorry to hear it! I hope your recovery is quick and uneventful.
Oh, did not realize he did not get it. Good luck keeping him healthy, and hope your case stays mildish.
Drat! Sorry to hear that it was COVID after all. Hope things stay mild and Mr. G doesn’t get it.
I’m still commando because I am feeling tired and lazy. But I wanted to say how much I love that image for today, Robin! Thanks for the link so I could read more about the artist. I enjoyed learning more about her and it’s nice they allow you to zoom in on the image to see the wonderful details of the little squirrels and rabbits. I also love how she did the needles and tendrils of the trees.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/29/no-other-choice-review-park-chan-wook?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I was wondering if you’ve watched No Other Choice yet? And what you thought of it. I hope you have a gentle, relaxing weekend.
No it hasn’t been here yet! I’m dying to see it. It’s supposed to open in the US on Christmas. Have you seen it?
So glad someone else found her interesting!
My last purchase was a decant of Santal Complet. My last cheap thrill (which I have mentioned before) was Grand Cuvée body mist from Vacation — this one is almost a base fragrance for me. I often wear just a little spritz on my chest and then add something different to my wrists. Although I love both of the above, what I am actually wearing today is Eris Parfums Mx.
Didn’t get to post yesterday: lots of cooking plus busy with grandkids, but I wore a little spritz of my beloved YSL Cinema EDT.
Hope everyone is having a good week.
I love to wear Cinema when the autumn is golden.
Popping in to say Luckyscent is offering 16% off today with code SWEET16. I haven’t seen an email about it yet, but they posted it on Instagram and the code is showing on their website. Not sure how long the sale is in place.
I’m wearing one of my cheap eBay finds. Nina Ricci, Fleur de fleurs. It’s one of those unostentatious aldehydic florals that they were so good at. It cost me less than 20 Euros for nearly 100 mls.
I’ve had your sotd. I remember going to a wedding in a small town and didn’t have any perfume with me. We stopped in at the town drugstore; I got a box with a bonus bottle. Small town drugstores had the best stuff!
I love a good cheap perfume
That’s an amazing bargain.
I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving celebrations and all the fabulous food you’ve described!
We’ve reached the weekend, I’m very thankful for that, it’s been a wild week at work.
I’ve been resisting the Black Friday sales, I’ve seen some good prices, but I’m reminding myself that it’s better to get one thing I really want from my buy list, rather than pounce on bargains that aren’t on the list.
In that vein, I’m wearing several samples of Manos Gerakinis perfumes just to make sure that none of them need to leap on to my buy list 🙂 .
I did a lot of shopping yesterday & today but mostly household stuff that I put off in the fall figuring it would be cheaper now…lots of foodstuffs and teas and etc are coming my way.
Happy Friday NST! I’m very very grateful for this community!
During my Wednesday walk in the park, I got bitten twice and my ankle and upper foot are swollen. Supposed to stay off it, cortisone cream and ice. Not conducive to serving Thanksgiving so I’m making up for it today by lying flat on my back with foot elevated to avoid an Urgent Care visit. Yikes!
Sotd a full bottle blind buy that I’m really enjoying. Natura Ilia Plena. Rose forward. Gorgeous bottle like a Rothko. Brazilian company. And only $55 for a 50ml bottle.
Bitten? By whom??
A mystery insect probably. My dr’s office is closed, I went to the pharmacist who said it’s infected and I need to go to Urgent Care for antibiotics. I’m doing that tomorrow.
Yikes. I hope you get better soon.
Thank you Glannys! I’ve got my foot elevated with ice packs off & on every 10 min, switching between otc antibiotic cream and cortisone cream every other hour. And I’m streaming a new firefighting show Fire Country, all 4 seasons. Not how I planned this holiday,! but one us to roll with the punches.
Wow, what a bizarre happening! I’m also wondering what bit you ?
A mystery insect apparently Laila. But I will have to go to Urgent Care tomorrow per the pharmacist as the dr’a office is closed.
Ouch! No blind buys for me ever — they are simply LARGE SAMPLES…
OMG! Take care of yourself.
My goodness, I wonder what it was?? Hope it is better very soon.
I’m glad you are going to urgent care tomorrow!
Oh no!! Also glad that you are going to Urgent Care tomorrow, since those bites sound truly nasty.
It just came in the mail today! Going with this last perfume I purchased – Arquiste Venice Rococo. This is beautiful. Love the 30 ml bottles.
Always feel like I should be sporting a slinky satin dress & feather boa whenever I wear that one–it’s pretty for sure (still working from a sample). Enjoy your purchase!
Thanks. It is very nice, and I like this smaller size.
Yay, enjoy your new bottle! The 30 ml sizes are way cute.
Yay for a new acquisition! Enjoy!
Whoo hoo! Congrats on the Venice Rococo!
Yay! And I also think the 30ml bottles are so adorable.
I’m in a cheap thrill, plus I got it on a Black Friday several years ago. Esprit d’Oscar. It’s making me sneeze so I might have to move it out of my collection.
Last night we had a small earthquake just before midnight; I’m not usually up that late but for some reason I was. We don’t get too many here (that I hear of) so it was a bit of a shock. I heard a loud thundering from what sounded like the road above me first, almost like a semi crashing; then the floor shook, and finally it sounded like someone crashed into the garage. Within 5 minutes it was posted online about the quake; however not much sleep for me last night. Thankfully no damage that I can see.
Oh, how scary! Glad you’re ok.
Thanks Laila. It was, mostly because it was unexpected; we aren’t prone to them here. Initially I thought something happened with my elderly neighbor.
Glad you are ok Gail!
Thank you lillyjo! It was pretty bizarre. I noticed quite a few earthquakes in California, and 1 or 2 in Alaska. Makes more sense to me now since I’m pretty much in between there, geography wise.
Oh goodness! Glad there was no damage.
Thank you Robin! Me too!
An earthquake?!? Wow. Glad that you didn’t have any damage. That sound is something you won’t forget anytime soon.
I was not planning to buy anything today, but I fact I’m wearing my very latest purchase, Hiram Green’s new perfume, Ultra. That is, I am wearing a spritz from a sample I got from Lucky Scent that convinced me to buy a full bottle from them and because they actually have a Black Friday sale – and not to be an enabler but the code is Sweet16 😉 – so I placed my order few hours ago.
At first, smelling the sample and enjoying the narcissus blast, I was not convinced that I needed a full bottle. What won me over was the drydown, which radiates beautiful floral notes in a glorious honeyed Hiram Green tradition. I promised myself I would only buy new perfumes if I was sure that I would actually wear them a lot and this one fits the bill.
He does make such nice florals! Congrats on your new bottle, wear it in good health.
Thanks for the review on HG Ultra. Enjoy your new bottle!
Remembering this date that was a long-ago Sunday that year when my son surprised me with his birth a month early! All went well and it truly was the best surprise of my life, so glad I could celebrate with him yesterday. 🥰
At this time of year I ❤️ all things cranberry; the fresh cranberry/orange relish I made for Thanksgiving dinner, the cranberry/orange breakfast biscuits I had early this morning, the cranberry bagel I had with my classic egg sandwich at Einstein Bros. later, and my SOTD for today’s cp (cheap thrill), YR Canneberge & Amande, simply cranberry and almond. It’s nicely tart but not sour and lasts a long time for what it is.
Bright 🌞 today but very cold as we get ready to head out to our town’s annual Winterfest, lots of outdoor fun things going on in our business districts and a trolley to get us there and back. Probably the last time we’ll go out this weekend as we’re expecting our first major snowstorm starting after midnight tonight with 6-8” of snow ❄️ throughout tomorrow. 😫
Happy weekend to all! ☃️
I just realized we did not have cranberry sauce yesterday!
Oh gosh I’m with your on the delectable cranberry Laila! We’re putting our leftover cranberries to good use: in morning oatmeal, on top of English muffins, on top of ice cream. NY Times ran a recipe today for cranberry grilled cheese sandwiches!
I love a good cranberry relish and will have to ask my. mom to make hers at Xmas, we did not have a good one yesterday.
A very happy birthday to your son!
And happy birthday to your boy!!!
Your post made me nostalgic for the cranberry-orange relish my Mom used to make.
SOTD = Panier des Sens Blooming Iris EDT
Woot! I bought a large 50mL sample and whoa, it is soooo wonderful! The cost? Hard to judge because I got it as part of a set with a huge tube of 75mL hand cream, also just as good! Love it. For an EDT, so far it’s lasted 2.5 hours, not bad.
Thanksgiving was great. We had dinner at my aunt’s place and we had the perfect number of guests – all family except for one. Anyway, conversation flowed really well. We spent a good amount of time discussing our cousin & fam visit. At the end of the day, I’ve done my bit and will not worry about how they are going from point A to point B.
My splits have been mailed and emails have gone out to the participants. All good except for one person who “joined” the previous time in 2021 and it took her a (long) while to get back to me. I did NOT decant for her because she has not responded to my reach out email. I can wait.
I started to do some research on Roth and the higher income threshold to leverage the 0% long-term capital gains. So far, it looks like I can do up to $8,500 in Roth in 2026. I haven’t done much with the long-term capital gains but will do so next week.
Your scent, along with shower gel and body milk, is very inexpensive on their website.
So glad Thanksgiving was great!
Happy Thanksgiving hajusuuri!
Glad to hear that Thanksgiving dinner went well for you!
SOTD is a test spritz of my older daughter’s newest fragrance, the recent release Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Soirée. Very nice! I hope everyone here who celebrates Thanksgiving had a lovely holiday.
P.S. My most recent fragrance purchase was the new Shalimar L’Essence, which I wore yesterday. I love it dearly! My nice husband bought me a 50 ml bottle for a late birthday gift, since he was in Las Vegas and near the Guerlain boutique, and I loved it so much, I got a big backup bottle when all fragrance was on sale at Nordstrom, for him to give me for Christmas! We have an excellent arrangement when it comes to fragrance, lol.
What a wonderful hubby!
L’Essence is so good. I’m enjoying it more than I thought I would. Your fragrance “arrangement” sounds perfect!
I really enjoy this one!
Very nice agreement you have with the hubby.
Checking in late from a long working black Friday. I also went to ulta and spent too much on Christmas presents for my daughter.
I’m wearing Coco Parfum today. I usually wear Coco on black friday.
In case I haven’t said this recently… People are nuts.
Hey lillyjo, it is so true, people are nuts!! Glad your Black Friday is over.
After I posted, I realized that I was probably a little nutty myself at Ulta! Lol!
Oh, I bet you had some crazy people, but you smelled good and you made it through the day!
Yes, people are nuts! Glad that you are home now.
Super duper late tonight. I got back from my brother’s place about 15 minutes ago. IDK if anyone will see this.
Thankful I was able to have a belated Thanksgiving dinner with him, and that he doesn’t seem to be catching a cold (yet). Got snow coming tomorrow supposedly.
SOTD = back in Hypnotic Poison EdT. This was one of the latest samples I bought, and I got the elusive root beer note today.
I love Hypnotic Poison edt! ( and I like a good root beer note.) Another favorite of mine in the root beer genre was AG Myrrhe Ardente.
Son and family headed to Colo tomorrow – hope it’s not too much snow!
I must have been hyperosmic to something in HP EdT when it first came out. I never smelled root beer or jasmine in it before. Just sore muscle liniment. The current iteration suits me much better.
Predicted snow totals are paltry for the Front Range. An inch or so? But some places in the mountains might get 6 – 8 inches.
Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving with your brother and so far he’s cold-free🤞
He’s thinking it might be allergies. Unfortunately we both have ones that are year-round.
Hey I’m still catching up on comments days later. 😉 I’m glad you andb your brother had a nice Thanksgiving!