A SOTD (Scent Of The Day) thread is a really good conversation generator. The idea is you’ll chime in through the week with whatever scent you are wearing. You don’t need to be super knowledgable, have high faluting tastes or be a published author to comment. Just tell us what fragrance you’re wearing, smelling, buying etc. and how it makes you feel and/or anything else about it that tickles your fancy.
You can also comment on everyone else SOTD choices too. It’s great to tell someone how much you love their choice, ask for more info about it, the house or perfumer. There’s someone here from around the world 24/7 and Perfume Posse people love to chat. We like to keep it fragrant but there’s always room for life events and adventures too. This is our place to share how we smell, live, love, eat, work, raise kids and pets and get on with the business of living.
SOTD 3.7.2020
You probably won’t have time to write every scent, every spritz. Whenever you feel the mood take you, share your current spritz and a few things about it. Maybe you love/loathe it, want it, are excited by the notes/bottle/SA who sold it: WHATEVER! As always here at Perfume Posse, taking sides never means taking offence and everyone keeps it respectful and light, even though we can sometimes trawl the depths.
Hopefully you will come back and see if anyone has responded to your SOTD comment. Then you can reply to them, and so on.
Go To It Crew.
Portia xxx
I have a confession.
When I heard that Agent Provocateur had gone bust I went straight to FragranceNet and bought two 100ml of three from their range. Maitress, Lace Noir and Blue Silk. Then I went searching high and low for two bottles of their original Agent Provocateur EdP, found two bottles of that. Finally I saw Fatale Intense in my local chemist and snaffled that too.
NOW I have to find somewhere to put the damn things…….
Also, have you noticed Jessica Simpson frags getting harder to find? I might have panic bought some of them too.
Yes, I know. TRAGIC!
Portia xx
PdN’s Sacre Blue yesterday in the rain, and SSS Jour Ensolielle today in the sun, well it was in the sun for a few hours and now it’ll be in the rain again.
Hey SV,
That PdN is here but I rarely get it out. thanks for the reminder.
Portia xx
probably too hard to see past all those bottles of Agent Provocateur haha
Vintage Arpege.
OOOOH! You smell ALL the gorgeous fruity floral aldehydes! Yum Cassieflower.
Portia xx
Portia, I am going to respond to your question up here LOL
Tone is an oldie but goodie inexpensive cocoa butter soap from years ago. I am getting my smelliest these days by revisiting old soaps that I loved and also discovering new ones. Olay makes a strawberry cream and mint soap which is to die for and cheap as chips.
This morning I actually have myself a spritz of Jeffrey Dames Duality which , according to Kathleen (who gave me my decant ) smells like Dial soap in the best possible way. To my nose it does.
Armani Prive Ambre d’Orient. Beautiful amber, warm and cozy.
Coconut body lotion topped with Eau de Missions. A gourmand fest here today.
Today Jin and I went back to the gym. We did a very light return on shoulders, chest and biceps. It feels pretty good.
Wore Santal +++ by Miller et Bertaux all day after my post gym shower. It’s low key, creamy sandalwood has been pumping out insistently. If Samsara was a wall flower, rather than a DIVA! it would smell like this.
Had a fabulous meeting with one of the club bosses today. She has been incredibly supportive and wants best outcomes for both me and the club. We threw around some excellent ideas.
Tonight, I’m going to get some take away Chinese from around the corner and watch some fabulously trashy shoot em up adventure on Netflix. Jin’s working night shift so it’s just me and the dogs.
Portia xx
Went to the office today for a staff meet-up to discuss how we’re going to operate when we reopen. Then we got stuck into a big clear out of old tat that’s been cluttering up the place. So satisfying.
Excellent.
In clouds of Courtesan?
But of course. And after I came home and showered off the dust I applied more clouds of it.
Worth Courtesan in Brigitte amounts. I know at least three of us on here love it.
I LOVE IT!!!!
🙂
You are wearing the extra perfume because I am not 😉
Happy to step up, B.
Well, more rain, rain, rain. and supposed to rain right through the planned camping trip. Again. What to do? What to wear. In Commodity Nectar pre bath and probably something warm and cozy after. To pack and go or not to pack and go????? I’m going to wear something wonderful while I dither… TBA
GAH! Camping in the rain? Sounds awful. Will it be any fun?
Portia xx
Nope, it won’t be any fun so we’re not going. Finally having decided is a better feeling than dithering back and forth. Comforting myself with Fracas and Diorissimo 🙂
You smell well comforted!
Tonight I went back to work. First night in drag since the middle of March. It felt fabulous but getting ready was totally alien. It hasn’t been 13 weeks between a drag face for me since 1987. That’s a LONG time.
Wore Aesthete by Le Galion. A beautiful sweet leather with incense smoke and vanilla. It should have more fans because it is perfect.
Portia xx
Hey Portia
Congrats on another ‘new beginning’. I hope it was fun and successful and you get to enjoy plenty more. Aesthete sounds amazing.
Thanks SV,
It was really fun. The club was thrilled. An extra 42 diners and drinkers. That’s about half our regular crew but plenty of people here are still keeping their distance.
Aesthete IS amazing. I’d say nearly half the bottle is gone.
Portia xx
Haha, hope you didn’t mix up your eye-liner with your lipstick! That would look rather fierce.
HA!
Ormonde Woman. So pretty and wearable. I bought a 100ml bottle and I’m trying to get some air in the bottle to oxidise it a bit. It’s still a bit clean and hasn’t grown cajones yet.
Portia xx
OM definitely improves a bit with age.
ELDO Dangerous Complicity for me – do like this one but its just too quiet for me. So pretty upon first spray and for about five minutes.
What a shame Melanie.
Portia xx
The last of my Lilac Love. And thunk. This is a little beauty. Shame about the price.
YAY for thunk. BOO for aspirational pricing.
Portia xx
Tone soap and homemade lemon and eucalyptus essential oil body lotion
What is Tone Soap Brigitte?
portia xx
Woke up today and knew it was going to be a Carnal Flower day. Usual for me to know upon waking what I want to wear, more likely I focus on getting ready for the day and then amble over to contemplate what I want to put on. Now I need to think what I want to take camping…hmmm
OOOH! A Carnal Flower day! Fabulous.
Have fun camping.
Portia xx
Curious by Britney spears. Seems to fit my cleaning the house in winter sunshine mood.
Portia xx
Being a bit of a snob I have no idea what that smells like. If you’re wearing it must be good.
Hey SV,
It’s a very pretty fruit/floral aquatic. It’s not a million miles different from Amouage Reflection Woman, a little more fruit and quite a lot less sophisticated. Wears beautifully for a few hours of uncomplicated fresh liveliness.
Portia xx
Today post four mile walk decided to douse myself in Cassis en Feuille…. extraordinaryly refreshing. Will leave it in the bedroom for now. Boxed up all my other lovelies and moved them to an even darker place in the basement.
Is it very hot there Brigitte?
portia xx
It’s in the 90s and very humid. But the basement is very very cool
It’s an Opium day here too, so cold and rainy. Going camping this week and have heard reports of snow in the mountain parks, eeek. Anyway I don’t have any Opium so it’s going to be Chanel CoCo mmmm
BUMMER! Zero Opium!
Coco is a perfect wear though. YUM!
Portia xx
Calandre today, so warm light and lovely. Anyone know if Metal is available anywhere in any form?
I love Calandre but loved Metal even more. It’s impossible to find now.
Thought as much Brigitte, thanks, wish I’d put a bottle or two away when I had the chance ?
Same here…. especially because it used to sell for a song!!
I just saw a bottle selling on Amazon for $269!!!!!! Pass…
Eek! Fond memories will have to suffice for me too
It was stunning. Wish I’d done that too. Oh isn’t hindsight just great. Insert eye roll.
Hi. You are talking about Paco Rabanne Metal? I found bottles for sale on Etsy and on eBay. Haven’t decided on SOTD yet.
Thanks, Maya, I’ll check them out..
Isn’t Calandre beautiful. I rarely wear my 7ml parfum because it’s WAY too precious but love it when I do.
Portia xx
Habit Rouge L’Eau again today. It’s so easy and smells nice. Feels like a perfect fit every time.
Portia xx
Nothing at the moment, as we are having an outdoor perfume meetup this afternoon! My neighbourhood has set up a couple of plazas with tables, so we’ll see how that goes.
OOOH! How fabulous. Have a great time.
Portia xx
Wet and chilly Saturday when I got up this morning so I said to hell with it, that’s a day for Opium. And lots of it.
EVERY DAY is a day for Opium Cassieflower.
I bet you smell terrific.
Portia xx
Inspired by yesterdays post here on Perfume Posse and our beautiful warm winter day (17C/63F and sunshiny) I’m drenched in Guerlain Habit Rouge L’Eau. Such a comfortable Saturday scent.
Had a GF over for tea this morning, going to a birthday tonight. Life is lovely.
Portia xxx
Nice!!! Everything
Guerlain Champs Elysees! A long forgotten love so perfect in every way.
Woo Hoo Kathleen,
I love Champs Elysees. Even have bath balls in it, and every strength. YUMMERS!
Portia xx
I’m wearing another smear from a sample of Fiori di Capri. Can’t seem to decide about this one. I think I’ve gone through 3 or 4 samples. I like it and even think about ordering a little bottle and then I’ll try it again and it will hit me differently and I think ‘nah’ and then I’ll put it on again like today and think ‘Wow, how lovely’ now I’m back in ‘well maybe just a wee bottle’ land again.
HA! The eternal struggle of a perfumista SV.
Portia xx
I’m wearing Guerlain’s Jardins de Bagatelle today. Very flowery and summery on this upper 90’s day.
I keep meaning to try that one some day. I love flowery.
Perfect choice for warm weather Filomena813. Those lovely, understated, creamy white flowers. Spring and summer wear done right.
Portia xx
Chergui by Serge Lutens for bed. I’m ready to drift away on it.
Night all.
Portia xx
Makes sense to me, I find Chergui to be very snuggly and comforting.
Yeah SV, it’s very that but with the added bonus of an interesting story that takes me floating away. Safe adventure.
Portia xx
Chergui makes me think of Jyotsna.
Yes, it’s their FAVE!
no heavy hitter here – at least not yet! After a 3 hr tour in the garden (I swear I’d planned to spend ONLY 30 minutes out there, starting at 6:30. Came in when the sun started scalding… at 10:15!!! )…. anyhoo, a shower, some Jean Nate… and a couple of lashings of Fresh Lemon Sugar. It’s going up to 90F today – I predict this will be gone by noon (if it even lasts that long!). Perhaps I will then lash myself with Amouage Tribute attar! That’ll last until Tuesday! xoxoxo
HA! Opposite ends of the fragrant spectrum for you today Musette. So cool.
Portia xx
Pre-shower perfume (dog woke me up way too early, so a slow start to the day) is Nicolaï Fig-Tea. Later I think Seville a l’Aube – I wore it earlier in the week and could still smell it the next morning. So good!
WOW! Second vote for Seville a l’Aube! I love it.
MMKinPA, I have a small Nicolaï Fig-Tea but it rarely gets worn. Thank for the reminder.
Portia xx
Lyric Woman. My bottle came in. Whoo hooo.
one of my absolute favorites, Maya! If you can, you should indulge in the body creme. Sublime!!!
YAY for new arrivals Maya. I’ve got the Man version. YUM!
Portia xx
I’m wearing L’Artisan Seville a L’Aube, as I continue to read “The Perfume Lover” which I’m greatly enjoying. The scent has many interesting facets which bloom nicely on a hot summer day.
ooooh, I just had a shower, that seems like the perfect thing to put on, my bottle is sitting right here!
OOOOH! DinaC. What a fab summer read. SO MUCH information on fragrance creation.
Oh…. and getting some hot & heary action. HE HE HE.
Portia xx
Heat wave happening here in Montreal, Canada so I feel like I’m at the beach every day. SOTD is St Tropez Dispenser Apres-Soleil by smell bent, a tropical blend of jasmine, coconut, and sandalwood. Happily, it is more floral than sweet.
That sounds lovely!
I loved this when I bought a 4ml and never upsized. It’s super fun Carolyn.
Portia xx
Aloha!
Lashings of Miss Dior edt.
Feeling nostalgic today so a blast from the 80s past with Creation from Ted Lapidus. Giant floral complete with big hair & shoulder pads. Kind of glorious 🙂
Hmmmm, it seems like a big shoulder pad kind of day on here…. it’s hot as hell, I just took a shower!
I never even HEARD of Creation Bee. It sounds like heaven. I’m all about a shoulder pad.
Portia xx
I felt the need for a “heavy hitter” today, so just one spray of Paloma Picasso.
Whoa a lot of heavy hitters on here today!
WOO HOO! Paloma! Such a wonderful, full bodied beauty Matty. Far Far from your Guerlain loves.
Portia xx