Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Female Fragrance Discussion › SotD - Tuesday the 10th of August
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

SotD - Tuesday the 10th of August  

post #1 of 60
8/9/10 at 11:08pm
Thread Starter 
Good morning ladies and gents ...
What are y'alls choises for today?!



I'm in Dioressence, the darkest green in my collection.
N°19 is the most famous green, sure, but if 19 is normal
nature green, then Dioressence is down right army green.

A must try fragrance from days gone by. Viva Dior!

Features on Basenotes

Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
post #2 of 60
8/9/10 at 11:10pm
Morning Duc!

I'm in Womanity today.
post #3 of 60
8/10/10 at 12:11am
V E T I V E R

F L O R I S
L O N D O N
post #4 of 60
8/10/10 at 1:06am
Happy Tuesday

Wearing in a very hot day like this:



Happy Birthday to my son
post #5 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:04am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sophi View Post

Happy Birthday to my son

... indeed!
post #6 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:13am
Wearing Tam Dao , my very first bottle of Diptyque.


HBD to Sophi's son!
post #7 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:39am
Going boldly where I've never gone before ...

Hypnotic Poison
post #8 of 60
8/10/10 at 3:14am
Dior Eau Noire, courtesy of a kind friend. I really like it.
post #9 of 60
8/10/10 at 3:19am
Thank you, Duc and Jasper for your kind wishes
post #10 of 60
8/10/10 at 3:37am
My SOTD is Parfums de Nicolai - Nicolai pour Homme.

Notes include galbanum, China mint, lavender, geranium, jasmine, moss, amber, spruce, cedar, tobacco, benzoin and labdanum.

post #11 of 60
8/10/10 at 3:44am
Hi all!
My choice for today is Mitsouko.

Happy Birthday to your son, sophi!
post #12 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:07am
Good morning everyone Today I really should have gotten up earlier than I did. Have to try switch a working weekend with someone at work ,so I can attend my friend's wedding that weekend. I also should get in touch with the Mental hospital I'm working as a "trainee" this autumn. We were told to call and introduce ourselves,but have postponed it so far. Hate calling places I don't know:P Later I'm off to see a friend over some coffee but also need to study for the exam* deep sigh*. Oh,and happy birthday to Sophi's son Sotd is Madame X.
post #13 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:18am
Comme des Garçons Wonderwood.
post #14 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:18am
Sophi: Congratulations on your son's birthday. I have always thought that mothers should have their own celebration of their children's birth.

Hot time, summer in the city today, so I am wearing L'Infante by Divine.
post #15 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:30am
Just put on some Nuits de Noho.

Have a good day everyone.
post #16 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:00am
Happy birthday to your son, Sophi! Along the lines of Therese's good thought: years ago I worked for a man who, in addition to other occasions, would send flowers to his mother on his birthday. He sent them every year along with a card expressing his love and gratitude.

Sharing the house with Musse in Guerlain's beautiful Attrape Coeur.

Have a lovely day, all!
post #17 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:30am
Happy Birthday, Son of Sophi!

Terracotta Voile D'Ete for me today. I've been enjoying this one so much.

Duc, you are tempting me with that pic of the Dioressence bottle. I wore that eons ago, but I need to sample today's version. I will add it to my list.

Have a good day, everyone.
post #18 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:57am
well Womanity, don't actually own it but decided to use the sample again. I do like it and it is not sweet on me at all. But not full bottle worthy.
post #19 of 60
8/10/10 at 6:28am
Salvatore Ferragamo for me today. Have a great one everyone!
post #20 of 60
8/10/10 at 7:47am

Gres - Cabochard
Leathery, headstrong, dashing, smoky;
a swirl of delight to encompass me.

Created in 1959 by Bernard Chant of IFF;
a feminine leather chypre parfum with
top notes of clary sage, tarragon and galbanum with
heart notes of jasmine, ginger lily, rose and ylang-ylang;
base notes of oak moss, sandalwood, vetiver and patchouli.
post #21 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:10am
Happy birthday to Sophi's son !

Scent of the morning is Carnal Flower.
post #22 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:15am
Found out that a friend of mine passed away yesterday. He was in his mid-20s. I'm feeling out of sorts, and so wearing citrus to cheer myself up. Layered Set Sail St. Barts lotion with L'Eau de L'Artisan.

Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk
post #23 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:24am
I can feel your soul sinking from hundreds of miles away, mountainear. I'm so sorry.

Sampling Montale Soleil de Capri from Flathorn. Citrus, floral, sweet musk, nice.

Everybody treat yourself dearly today.
post #24 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:31am
Vent Vert by Balmain.....................................day

Prada Pour Homme........................................after 5
post #25 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:44am
AM: Laundromat by Demeter
PM: Silver Musk by ZARA
post #26 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:55am
Good Morning All. SOTD is from a sample, Annick Goutal's 'NEROLI'
post #27 of 60
8/10/10 at 9:41am
(Mountainear, I'm so sorry hear about your friend. Too young... so sad...)


I've had my nose buried in my wrist for the last hour whilst on the computer, enjoying an Amouage Ciel sample--
Now to shower and I think I'll wear the very fresh, light and bright L'Artisan Fleur d'Oranger.

(I've borrowed the photo below from www.hesmellsshesmells.com -- lots of eye candy perfume photos there! Is this blogger a basenoter?)

post #28 of 60
8/10/10 at 9:46am
Diorella by Christian Dior. Lovely on this rainy, yucky morning. This was from a sample from a kind Basenoter ages ago.
post #29 of 60
8/10/10 at 9:50am
Wearing Jo Malone Black Vetyver Cafe.
post #30 of 60
8/10/10 at 9:51am
Sharing the house with petruccijc today - Parfums de Nicolai Sacrebleu.

So sorry to hear about your friend, mountianear. Way too young.
post #31 of 60
8/10/10 at 9:53am
Everyone smelling just lovely today!

AG Heure Exquise for me. Bedtime last night: Missoni Acqua.

Looks like I'm going to SF in September with my daughter to visit a couple of days with my son, who has lived there several years now. I would love to go to the SF BN meet up, but we will only be there 2 full days, alas.
post #32 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:35am
(((Mountainear))), sending you a hug. I'm so sorry for your loss. Very sad.

Kumquat, I've been meaning to tell you this for ages...your pics on the SotD thread never fail to take my breath away. They are matched only by your prose (or is it poetry?). Prosetry. Poesie. Anyway, I know I'm not the only one here who enjoys them.

Adding (I forgot why I was here, it's getting worse, too!): I started craving a peppery fragrance this afternoon. I've never liked pepper in fragrances before, and now I'm craving one. So I pulled out this sample of Ca Luna by Acqua di Biella that a Basenoter sent me ages ago. And it's quite nice, but not really peppery enough. I'm telling this because you should never say never. Never say you don't like any genre of fragrance because one day you'll be like me, standing in front of the closet having forgotten what you're doing there, and then when you remember you'll figure out that you're craving something you thought for years you disliked.
post #33 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:36am
Keiko Mercheri Gourmandises
post #34 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:50am
House mates with sophi and NTesla in Balmain... La Mome- the tribute to Edith Piaf.

Hug to mountainear for such a loss.
post #35 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:51am
I'm a Guerlain lemming today - it's Mitsouko at work, and more greens/Houbigants to test tonight.

Sophi, congratulations on having raised your son for another year! It's nice to spend a little time contemplating all the sweet memories up to this point. Can you believe he was once a tiny newborn? Boggles the mind, huh.

Mountainear, my sympathies on the loss of your friend.

Everyone else, I hope you have a pleasant and fragrant day.

(And Lillybelle - I'm with you, girl. Bill Cosby once said that as we get "older", our brains go to our bottoms. It's only when you sit back down that you remember what you got up for...)
post #36 of 60
8/10/10 at 11:13am
Joining Klaire & Lessa in the house of Goutal ~ Folavril - with a few dabs of single note Yuzu
post #37 of 60
8/10/10 at 12:15pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by coopmom View Post

(And Lillybelle - I'm with you, girl. Bill Cosby once said that as we get "older", our brains go to our bottoms. It's only when you sit back down that you remember what you got up for...)

Lol! So true! And thank you for understanding, Coopmom. I've been wondering lately whether I should retire from posting on public fora. Folks at home have no choice, they're stuck with me.
post #38 of 60
8/10/10 at 12:18pm
Happy Birthday to your son, sophi!

Mountainear, I am so sorry to hear about your friend...

It is so hard for me to wake up in the morning and go to the office in this heat...
So today I thought it would be nice to wear something very strong and beautiful to keep my awake, despite the heat. Unfortunatelly I was afraid it would be too strong to wear in the metro and I didn't put enough...

Daphne - Comme des Garcons



post #39 of 60
8/10/10 at 12:31pm
Mountainear - I'm sorry to hear about your friend's passing. Hugs to you, as you remember him...

Happy birthday to Sophi's son!

SOTD: Chanel No. 19 (parfum, new formulation)
post #40 of 60
8/10/10 at 12:54pm
  • RHM
  • offline
  • Gender:
Happiest of birthday wishes to Sophi's son!

Mountainear, I am very sorry to hear of the untimely loss of your friend. {{{{hugs}}}}

SOTD is Bond No 9 Fire Island
post #41 of 60
8/10/10 at 1:04pm
Colonia Assoluta by Acqua di Parma
Gary
post #42 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:04pm
I was a full on fragrance snob today.

This morning:

Tribute by Amouage



This afternoon:

Rose Oud by By Kilian



The Amouage is kicking the By Kilian's ass!
post #43 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:09pm
Thread Starter 

SotE - Hot Couture, EdP
post #44 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:14pm


THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY WISHES TO MY SON!!!You are so WONDERFUL
post #45 of 60
8/10/10 at 2:28pm
MikePerez I can smell you here in Indiana!!!!!! Seriously, the By Kilian Rose Oud is SUPER POTENT stuff! Hard to imagine anything out doing it...but of course, Amouage has got some killer powers!
post #46 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:24pm
SOTE Clinique Aromatics Elixir

Thank you everyone for the hugs and support. The autopsy was today but I haven't heard the results yet. He had a history of seizures and had a brain tumor at one point.

Sent from my SPH-M900 using Tapatalk
post #47 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:30pm
Mountainear, sorry to hear your bad news. Please PM me if you need to talk it over/out.

In 30R's luminous Nettie Rosenstein Odalisque. Posted a review on a dedicated thread, uncharted territory again. Feel free to chime in, please.

Hugs to everyone, I have been busily crazy or crazily busy, one or another. More to normal -- define normal? -- and hopefully will be posting more.
post #48 of 60
8/10/10 at 4:45pm
Warm hugs to you all. I started in Caron Pour Un Homme, but SotD will be Jo Malone Lotus Blossom & Water Lily.
post #49 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:06pm
Mountainear- my sympathies and many hugs to you.
Coopmom- I like what Bill Cosby said .
This evening I am wearing Ajne's Lakshmi - it's beautiful even if it is short lived...... reminds me of the liquor Grand Marnier .
post #50 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ubuandibeme View Post

MikePerez I can smell you here in Indiana!!!!!! Seriously, the By Kilian Rose Oud is SUPER POTENT stuff! Hard to imagine anything out doing it...but of course, Amouage has got some killer powers!

Well, I think you are right sweetie, the BK is definitely the winner when it comes to longevity but honestly I didn't like it as much as the Tribute. It starts out nice, but ends very...shimmery and not in a good way IMO. Oh well...one more luxury fragrance I don't have to fall in love with. Sort of happy about that, you know.
post #51 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:23pm
Hierbas de Ibiza-->very light, nice and crisp fragrance. Unfortunately, the staying power is not so great.
post #52 of 60
8/10/10 at 5:44pm
Many hugs to mountainear, the passing of your young friend is very sad.

I'm in the "dog days' doldrums" (when is the "dog days" anyway?... but whatever) and kinda quiet recently. That said my SOTD was Pavlova, followed by a respritz midafternoon of Turbulences... and the SoTE is Coriolan. *one of those mixed up days!*
post #53 of 60
8/10/10 at 6:36pm
mountainear, how very sad-- I'm sorry you have lost your friend. It's a jolt when someone so young dies.

I've been C Roses' twin today in L'Artisan Fleur d'Oranger.

This afternoon I took my DD to the mall to find school clothes. While she tried on clothes, I sampled the newest Pacifica at Sephora, California Star Jasmine (fruity and sweet, no jasmine that I could detect) and Coach Poppy (pleasant top notes which soon gave way to a very ordinary vanilla).

Days like this, I'm all the happier for what I have at home!
post #54 of 60
8/10/10 at 7:36pm
I'm wearing Angel today.

Sending my condolences to mountainear, I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

Lilybelle, I agree with you about Kumquat's postings. The pictures are always beautiful and the descriptions are true poetry!
post #55 of 60
8/10/10 at 7:41pm
  • RHM
  • offline
  • Gender:
SOTE is Tom Ford [I]Amber Absolute[/] from a decant.
post #56 of 60
8/10/10 at 7:44pm
I am currently in the process of cleaning out my corners, meaning I'm using up all the frags that have only a corner left in the bottle. I finished my Coco Mademoiselle yesterday. Today I emptied my bottle of Kelly Caleche.
post #57 of 60
8/10/10 at 7:52pm
  • Kal
  • offline
  • Gender:
I'm mortified for you that you would receive this news mountainear. Life is too harsh sometimes. I hope you have lots of support from your friends and family but if you don't I'm sure there are many here who would offer you an ear/shoulder. Myself included.

I am wearing



It's Wednesday the 11th here but I did wear it yesterday and will probably wear it tomorrow so ...
post #58 of 60
8/10/10 at 8:08pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Therese View Post

Sophi: Congratulations on your son's birthday. I have always thought that mothers should have their own celebration of their children's birth.

I agree Therese. My mom gets a gift from me on my birthday. After all, she had to do all the hard work!
Happy Birthday to Sophi's son!

Mountainear, I am so sorry for your loss. It makes me incredibly sad when I hear of young people passing.
-------------------------
I keep coming back to this one: Chanel Eau Premiere. So easy to wear. No thinking required.
post #59 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:12pm
Today I wore the essence of united colors of benetton woman ,which to me smells something like dried apricots and soft woodsyness (patchouli or tarragon?)nice for at work inoffensive even to those with allergy issues.
Tonight I wanted to try something different .....................
something new to my nose (or at least the concentration was new)




so scent of the evening is........................POISON parfum
I wasn't sure I would like this . Ihadtried Poison before probably edt and it was a thrift buy before it may/probably had gone off so I released it at work.
Now trying the parfum (especially after finding room in my heart for opium,midnight fantasy,hot couture and Fracas) I (sniff) ....(sniff sniff sniffsniffsniff)think (sniffsniffsniiiiiiiff)that I like -no make that love this too.
Mimi and Ducky and Ubu you have yourselves a convert to Poison.
Y'all should be both proud and heartily ashamedof yourselves!
Proud for converting another to the Poison fold .Ashamed 'cause hunting the parfum of this is going to do HORRIBLEthings to my bank account !
post #60 of 60
8/10/10 at 10:58pm
Mountainer, my warmest sympathy to your loss!
Wearing ,today,SAFARI by Lauren !
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Female Fragrance Discussion
This thread is locked  

Features on Basenotes

Petals Falling From The Sky - A Report From The Cote d'Azur's Bataille De Fleurs
Greatest Hits: Annick Menardo
Basenotes Reader Awards 2013 - Finalists Announced.
Basenotes › Basenotes Forums › Fragrance Discussion › Female Fragrance Discussion › SotD - Tuesday the 10th of August