Just don’t work out like you want. Yesterday was a long day, and somehow, when I found myself curled up in my bed last night, it didn’t occur to me it was Wednesday and y’all might like a new post today. Sorry about that!
Winners of the Byredo La Tulipe samples are — Mary, Style Spy and Karen G.
Winners of the Hermes Voyage d’Hermes samples are — Hemlock Sillage, Tiara, Suzy Q, and Francesca.
If you’re a winner, click on the Contact Us Button on the left, remind me what you won (this is really important when we have two drawings!) and send me your address, and I’ll get this out to you!
From Evil Auntie Musette:
Since Patty’s biiiizy, if y’all want to play Scent of the Day, I’m game!
Mine is Jicky. Dunno why. I’m feeling kinda scary today – Jicky is one of my ‘arrrgh’ scents. However, I might change to Diorissimo a bit later – it’s 70F here!
A day late moi, but my SOTD yesterday was vintage Balmain Ivoire in Parfum – just heavenly, and perfect for spring. %%-
Okay – that’s IT! I’m going to have to try this. You have never steered me wrong!
(neither have the rest of you, btw – D just added that Very Last Straw for Ivoire)
xo >-)
Yay! I won a sample! Made my week. Patty, hope you have a restful weekend, thanks for all your wonderful work.
For SOTD– Niki de Saint Phalle– some new stuff I ordered form the discounter. It smells a little less herby than what I remembered, but still has that lovely, weird edge to it. I kept looking around for something new and special for spring, and ended up with something old and weird– but I like it! I love SacreBleu–haven’t smelled Temps, but will try to go to Lucky Scent when we are in LA next week. Happy Easter to all the Easter folk, and Happy Pesach to all the matzahtarians! :)>-
It’s now Friday and almost officially the weekend. Halleluah!! My SOTD will be PdN Sacrebleu. I just purchased L’Temps d’une Fete which is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous but I’ve been dying to try Sacrebleu and today’s the day. :d
Scary Blue! Jes’ joshin’ ya. I like Sacrebleu a lot. In fact, I find it more wearable than Temps (something in the base of temps doesn’t ‘quite’ work on my skin). But I think Maharanih is my favorite, of all hers that I’ve tried.
Do let’s us know how Sacre works out!
xo >-)
I adore LTdF. 😡
Maharanih I liked a lot, until at some point in the drydown it started smelling like cojones to me. And I’m not all THAT sensitive to civet. (It was kind of fun to yell, “Honey? c’mere a minute, I wanna check something…”)
=))
xo >-)
Mals, I don’t get a hint of …uh… that … from Maharanih. 😮 Just spicy orangey goodness, like a Noir Epices Light. I’ve been lemming a bottle for months now, though it’s more a cool-weather scent.
See, I plan to buy Maharanih to wear during the summer precisely because it starts to get a little indolic/stinky. I love it! I feel like I’m in a garden in Spain. Why, I don’t know, but this is my association. Bring on the cojones.
PS, love the Noir Epices, but do you find it short-lasting? On me it doesn’t stick around long enough, sadly.
Doesn’t stick around long enough? Mon Dieu! I even have odor-neutralizing skin… and NE is one of my holy grails and lasts forever. It’s one of the highest concentration scents I have in my collection. Wowza! 😕
Dude, what’s going on???? I eat up Borneo 1834 AND Noir Epices??? Something terrible is happening. I’d still love a bottle of Noir, though. At first it was like rose overload, and now I kinda love it. One of these days…she will be mine. Oh yes, she will be mine. Along with Vetiver Extraordinaire.
Toldja there was Essence de Cojones in there. 😉
Patty: Good grief, I hope you enjoyed the evening curled up in bed. Having the pressure of cranking out two posts per week would drive me totally NUTS in no time. b-(
And dear Evil Auntie: Mine was Une Fleur de Cassie. Funny, I know I love it, but whenever I pull it out and first put it on, I sort of recoil and think, “Do I really like this?” 😮 But then, the day wears on and I catch little whiffs and I remember the 😡 . (and yes, I promise I’ll drop you a note about the VV… been SUCH a flake with catching up on email lately… I need more hours in the day and more days per week lately!)
Funny- I almost put on Une Fleur de Cassie, but I somehow got sidetracked into Fracas. Boy do I love UFdC! No thinking required :d
I used to love it but I’ve had to put it away for awhile. My dear pop is living with us now and I am changing a LOT of sheets, knowmean? That ‘note’ is great in abstract, only.
Joe, you take your time – I know, baby. I know. Sometimes I don’t even have the energy to turn off the beside lamp! :-< xo >-)
I totally know what you mean. I’m wearing UFdC right now…if I had to change sheets, nope. It’s done.
STOD: Fracas. It’s so warm, about 80, which sends me right into tuberose mode. Hot night = Fracas, sprayed on at dusk, of course. Combined with the twilight, the brids singing (finally!) and the music, it was pretty perfect, not gonna lie.
I 😡 Jared.
xo >-)
Love ya back!
Congrats, winners…..Patty, I second the idea of finishing off your day with some bubbly, and my SOTD is Party in Manhattan.
Started out with Matin d’orage, but it only last three seconds and it wasn’t tempestuous enough anyway. I’ve really got a problem with a Mandy Aftel perfume called Tango: roasted sea shells! it’s ridiculously expensive and doesn’t last long like a lot of natural perfumes, but it’s really rich and salty and deep.
😕
(in response to ‘roasted sea shells’)
xo >-)
I’m wearing Bulgari Black, again. Not bad staying power, if nothing near that of Vierges et Toreros, which can be a good 24 hours. Tomorrow going to try Patchouli 24 on one arm and Safran Troublant on the other and have them duke it out…
Report back, okay?
xo >-)
In the morning I tried a sample of Il Profvmo Nymphea. I like the fig on it, and there is something creamy and tiare-like. But it didn’t last on me more than three hours, so in the afternoon-evening I’m wearing my beloved Tam Dao.
:p
I’m always surprised at how much I like Tam Dao. It’s one of those that doesn’t actually work ‘on’ me – but I love smelling it!
xo >-)
Augustin Reyes’ Royal Violets. It’s actually Baby cologne, but it smells rather nice on big girls, too 🙂
Got RV and Florida Water both for under $10 at a Hispanic grocery store last night, had fun sniffing with my friend.
those shops are gold mines of fun things! Royal Violets sounds like a good buy and Lord knows I loves the Florida Water! Nothing says ‘Cubana’ quite like it (I have a bunch of curanderas in my family – we are FW’d to the hilt)
xo >-)
SOTD: Le Prince Jardinier Labyrinthe Libertin. I wuz baaaad and bought it unsniffed – hey, it’s green! it’s Pierre Bourdon! it’s dctd!
Very pleasant stuff. I am *not* a cologne person since citrus just bores the pants off me, but this is like a cologne that I could wear: light, green, vaguely herbal, not much in the way of flowers, just… pleasant. Which is what you cologne-enjoying people want out of your cologne, right?
It’s a stunning 82 deg. F here today!!! Beautiful.
Geez, it seems like you guys have gone from 4 feet of snow and Arctic winds to pre-muggy heatwave in less than three weeks flat. Crazy! 8-}
No, just Spring in the midsection (though mals is in a different part of the country). Hereabouts it’s not at all unusual to go from 0-60 in less than a day or two. The worst is when it happens in early spring – tulips and lilacs can bud, bloom and die in 36 hrs. Luckily it doesn’t happen all the time.
xo >-)
Soooo tired. Trying to keep my eyes open after walking dogs in unseasonable DC heat…must reach for something energizing…Miyake A Scent not doing it for me today…why don’t I have a bottle of pamplemousse something?
All right. Settled on lime essence oil mixed with MH Tangerine Vert.
SOTD–PdN Vanille Intense applied with a heavy hand as I had to go into a trashed house that smelled (I’m a field tech).
😮
( I take it that’s the more elegant equivalent of the VapoRub under the nose, ????)
xo >-)
Today I’m wearing last evening’s scent, Teint de Neige. I received a bit of this yesterday in a perfume swap package and had never tried it. I spritzed it once on my chest and almost fell over; this stuff is really strong, to me, anyway. I kept smelling all evening and really couldn’t decide if I like it or not. It’s now 12 hours later and I’ve worked a long and sweaty day (it’s 80 here now, Musette!) and TdN is still hanging around. Time for a shower and something new – I think I’d like this better dabbed than sprayed.
A,
That stuff! Well, that stuff is like being thrown from a Very Great Height into a vat of powdered sugar!
(to me, anyway).
I’ll be interested to see if just a ‘shower’ will take it off – if I recall I had to really scrub – HARD!
…and still it lingered…8-x
xoxo >-)
Yep, you’re right! It took a shower and finally rubbing alchohol to remove the tenacious Teint. 😮 My scent-eating skin ain’t used to that kind of cling. :-s Enjoy your *summer* weekend, >-)
I like Teint de Neige a lot, but if you think it’s strong and lasts forever, you should give a try to L’Erbolario Iris. I own it. Almost the same scent that Teint de Neige but ten times stronger :d
But I usually dab two drops and always get compliments.
For my SOTD, I pulled out a forgotten oldie, Extravagance d’Amarige, which, despite its name, is worlds away from the original Amarige. The bright, happy notes of Extravagance are just perfect for a near-80-degree day!
SOTD = Donna Karan Gold. Well, it was – now it seems to be gone mostly. Maybe that means that I should pop over to Sephora and spritz myself with something new…
You have a Sephora? I’m officially jealous.
(I have no traffic, I have no crime… I also have no Sephora.)
but you have 3:-o3:-o3:-o
xo >-)
I would say that it’s not that exciting – but I do love playing in Sephora. Now that I’ve gone all perfumista and niche, it isn’t quite as much fun to sniff in there, but they do get some good stuff. And at least I could test Guerlain Pampelune and discover that it did, indeed, morph into cat pee on me – thus saving myself from buying it unsniffed.
SOTD is Iris Nobile. Is there anything that says Spring is Here better than Iris?
You are so right. Nothing says it better than iris! That’s why I wore 28 La Pausa yesterday. Today it’s Bel Respiro, which says it pretty well too.
And…I won a La Tulipe sample!!…which has totally made my day. Thanks Patty!
Un Jardin en Méditerranée for the first day in the high 70s maybe 80s in Chicago.
I can’t wear that one but I love their Pamplemousse Rose – the temps are starting to soar here – might be a good day for that one, even better than Diorissimo (Jicky doesn’t last all that long on me)
xo >-)
I’ve had a week like that…apparently it’s not enough to just assign critical essays to students: they also expect me to grade them. Ungrateful wretches. SOTD Marc Jacobs Biscotti, which i donned in the hopes that such a light, pleasant scent would improve my mood. Not working, but that’s not the perfume’s fault!
Mistress March says I shouldn’t shy away from Biscotti (not fond of smelling like food) – perhaps I’ll ginkle up to it next time I’m in Nordie’s. I have the lemon and love it. Will be yakking about the Apple a bit later on next week b-)
Those wacky students! Sooo demanding. Tell ’em Evil Auntie Anita said >:p !!! Everybody outside to take a nap under the trees.
;))
xo >-)
I’m wearing Annick Goutal Huere Exquise today. An animalic galbanum and iris mixture. The weather is gorgeous, everything is blooming and popping, and my allergies are making my throat itch! :((
You have a real life and that’s a good thing.
to show you what a wackdoodle I can be: I thought you said
You’ve had a good life” and I though 😮
Note to self: Read carefully
xo >-)
This cracked me up! wackdoodle obit? hee hee. April Fools is almost over and I’ve not pranked anyone yet. OH! I forgot! My dear wealthy auntie in jolly old England just passed over and left me the most incredible cache of vintage perfumes! Any takers? It’s free-just email me! :d :)>- I will send whatever you request. Please do not send cash.
Drink some of your favorite champagne and kick back with your most favorite spring scent. Musette? What would you like to play first? Teacher’s out of the room!:x;)
Let’s play SCENT OF THE DAY!
Mine: Jicky (current). I’m feeling a bit 8-x today – perhaps a bit later I’ll swap it out for Diorissimo – it’s 70F+ here today!!!
< :-p xoxo >-)
Can we play 2 scents, too? On my left I started with Parfum D’Empire Cuir Ottoman to help me sing along as I was washing windows-that’s 64 rectangular panes, inside and out, btw. :0 and then I spritzed some Montale Luban which brings to mind something from ‘glands gone wild’ aka as my teen years. Just can’t place it. I’ve not smelled Jicky in years, but from what I remember it wasn’t memorable-was I just redundant?:d=))=))
=)) yes,you were -and very elegantly so!
xo >-)
Thank you very much, Musette. I have been listening to my fav song – Hallelujah – by various artists on utube, trying to decide who does it best, other than the amazing lyricist who wrote it-Leonard Cohen. I decided that Over the Rhine is possibly my favorite, but of course Jeff Buckley is my daughter’s favorite so I had to listen to him again….for possibly the hundreth – is this a word? time.
I love being redundant, especially if it’s elegant. Yes, this is a plug for Over the Rhine because I love them. Or at least the way they were back in the day. Have you ever heard them? Awesome. Not as good as Chanel Coco, but….:d/:x
k.d. lang gets my vote!
xo >-)
I did that a while ago and JJ Cale is my fave. Heard Rufus Wainwright live sing it and he wasnt bad.
you guys deserve some decent weather for once, it’s been a roooooough winter!
Congrats to the winners! =d>
I’ve never, ever had a day like that. :^o
Sweetie,
You have a lot on your plate right now. We can play amongst our selves!
xo >-)
April Fools? Meaning we’ll get a humungous long post some time after midday EST? If not, no worries, and feel better!
(putting on best whining voice) Geeeeeezzzzzzeeeeeee Patty! I’ve NEVER had a day like that! No worries – hope your weekend is more enjoyable.
Hi Patty, that’s OK; you’ve had a rough week. Hang in there, it’s almost over! Thanks for all you do for the perfumistas of the world!
What Ann N Said!^:)^
xoxo >-)