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How strange ..: thought I posted earlier today. I came back to post my SOTE, and found that little box in the corner with my previous post auto-saved. Thank you, Basenotes!!

It is warm and...

Love this house ❤️❤️❤️

Afternoon all,

I’m wearing Lime, Basil & Mandarin, from a sample. Observations from a major JM sampling spree: the house loves sharp, bitter, lotion-smelling musks that...

I liked a lot of the old lineup, but I am confused as to which ones are even still in production, especially since they have, apparently, changed some names, along with discontinuing some of them. I...

Evening all,

Everyone smells great today. Freewheelingvagabond, I love Mad et Len!! And Jon in Amouage Gold, too.

I came down with a stomach bug toward the end of the blizzard. I think it is...

Mmmmmmmm!! You smell great :)

Happy birthday to Robin!!

And it’s moving day today!! The weather is beeewyyootiful. It’s a good day to be out.

Wood Sage & Sea Salf is my sotd...

Morning/afternoon all,

Congrats to Kewart!! I love seeing our merry band slowly becoming vaccinated.

My mother woke me up this morning in a sad state. Cousin D, who had a heart attack, is...

Morning/Evening/Afternoon all,

I’m going to bed wearing a sample of Jo Malone Vanilla & Anise, a perfume I have wanted to try for a while. I am not sure what I think. I have discovered a...

Afternoon/Evening all,

Finished with another afternoon of packing. One more day to go. My brother comes tomorrow with his hand truck, and we will clean out the attic and storage unit in the...

Afternoon all,

Spritz and dash for now—back to packing as movers are coming on Monday
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Yes, absolutely. He’s also a father, a grandfather, and a very popular and busy all purpose small town lawyer, who does a lot of pro bono work in the community. He is one of my favorite cousins.
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His surgery went well. There were no obvious blockages, so now they are trying to find out what caused his cardiac arrest. He is comfortable and recovering, and I hope this he is past the worst of...

❤️❤️One of my faves ❤️❤️

Afternoon all,

My very slightly older cousin is on his way to the hospital for heart surgery. He has been running generators for several people his the neighborhood, and I think he posssibky...

:beer:You smell good!!

Afternoon all,

Quarry, I did end up with people in my house. Then I went to another person’s couch for the night, so a couple could share my full sized bed. They were so nice, they washed the...

Lots of fingers pointing. Very little real information. I doubt we will return to anything like energy regulation, not here.

Miraculously, I still have power. The house is packed up, filled...

Afternoon all,

(((Mike)))

Our blizzard is still in effect. Lots of people without power, including many neighbors. I have learned a lot about how our power supply works, or in this case, is...

Afternoon all,

I’m catching up on serveral days’ worth of old posts. Why did I think teardrop had disappeared? Mysterious. Trilby Lark, thank you for your kind offer!! I would love some...

I love cat spooning!!

La Myrrhe this evening, from a very old, treasured sample.
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Afternoon/Evening all,

(((Mike))). Jujy, that was a fun fragrance journey. I’m glad everyone is warm, comfy, and safe. The massive storm we have been anticipating for at least a week is finally...

Afternoon all,

I forgot to send virtual hugs to (((Trilby Lark))) yesterday. I hope you are feeling better today!! Jujy, you are an incredible person ❤️. Wow. Most people just talk, about...

Why do they do that? My cat’s favorite toys were my hair elastics, until she stopped putting them in her water bowl, and actually almost
swallowed one before I yanked it, partially, out of her...

Evening all,

Jujy, I agree. One of the most enjoyable aspects of a perfume hobby, is that smell is subjective. If we all liked the same scents, there would be just one perfume, and we wouldn’t...

Morning/afternoon, all—

Such an entertaining thread today. Jujy, I’m sad that you didn’t enjoy Eau de Protection. I love the stuff. Quarry, I am a giant fan of the work Roberto Greco is doing. ...

Oh, no!! I love Tubereuses and Iris Dragees too. Aargh. I should have known, perfumes like that, were too good for a house like Lancôme to keep going. I bought Jasmins Marzipan on the spot, and...

Same!! I was not sure about it, but bought it while it was really cheap. I think it has aged well. I often wonder if perfume houses should let their juices macerate longer, I remember Jean Claude...

I think everyone is feeling winter burnout. Give us a few months, and we’ll be reaching around our citrus colognes, for our ambers, and talking, longingly, about crisp air. I am clinging to the...

I remember that, and wondered what was happening when it first disappeared, and then showed back up again. I should probably buy a backup. There are few perfumes I worry about living without, but I...

Afternoon/Evening all,

Congratulations, Jon!! Dia is superb, even in current vintage.

I’m wearing Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue. I sometimes hear rumors that this is discontinued. But I...

Ooo, can we talk about books today? I’m re-re-reading Dune, and Foucault’s Pendulum (always have at least 2 going), inspired by the current complicated and conspiracy theory dominated political...

Btw, I found a half full Scentbird decant of Commodity Tonka whilst packing today. I knew I had more squirreled away somewhere.

Yup! That Nicolai is amazing, and, also, wearable year-round. I miss my Tonka Imperiale . . .

Good to know! I’ll take another look at it at the end of summer. (I’m shifting into buying for warm weather, as we don’t have much winter left, and I always enjoy the seasonal shifts. My desire...

They discontinued it??!! This was my favorite Maison Lancôme. Drat!

I bought something to help get through this next week’s moving stress, even adding 2nd day air because I know I will need...

Omg ... why did I think I was answering to ine I wrote that post? My mind is in a whirl. Apologies & corrections, CWA!!

I have liked them all, so far, and liked Bois Doré, Gardenia Petale, and...

Thank you! It does get lots of love here, and I love both myrrh and Tonka. I have no idea why I have not smelled it yet. Would you guys say that it’s so “warming” that it might be too much for...

Morning/Afternoon all,

Another Van Cleef fan here!! Superb perfumes, and underestimated IMO. Ine, I loved both I Am Trash and You Or Someone... and I think I will be buying both for summer (I...

Reviving this thread because I have run out of Tonka Imperial and Commodity Tonka, and their aftermarket prices are ... daunting Wondering about A*Men Pure Tonka, if it is very stereotypically...

Afternoon/Evening/Morning all,

Just a post and dash for now. Joining in this week’s spontaneous, likely unconscious, let’s-wear-florals, despite the winter weather. I’m wearing a sample from...

It is more-or-less, as I remembered it, a fizzy, floral/vanilla, with something woody, like coconut. It smells like the mid 1990s.

I have dug into my little sample of Splendiris. It is gorgeous, I love cold iris, and this includes a classy take on the rosey/violetty/powdery/vanilly Makeup Pudding accord. This house has some...

Evening/Morning, all,

It is grim, dark gray, and awful outside, but not cold. I am wearing vintage Egoïste, and a spray of Coty Vanilla Fields, just purchased on a grocery run, when I found it on...

Congratulations! It’s a beauty.

We just went to the local Walmart in search of Halo Top, and I found a bottle of Vanilla Fields on a clearance shelf for 3 dollarss, so the BF bought me some...

Evening all,

The weather here is “dreich” as our friends on the other side of the Atlantic say. It is not freezing but it is damp and exaggerating the cold, and it appears as if the sun has never...

Evening all,

I synched both morning and evening today. Morning was from a long desired bottle of Pilar and Lucy’s Tiptoeing Through Chambers of the Moon, one of the first niche scents I ever...

Evening all.

We just arrived at the country house. It was dark, our navigation malfunctioned, and we didn’t notice until we realized we were driving into Abeliene (which is way out west of us). ...

Evening all,

We are headed back to the country after a few frantic city days. My mum and dad are both fully vaxx’d now. Literally in the last two days, it appeared, almost like magic, right...

Belated congrats to Roberto!!

Thank you, for the well-wishes, everyone. Things went well, and the BF I am home at the city place safe, and I hopefully will have good effects, from the treatment. ...

Morning/Evening all,

It has been an interesting day.

We’re relaxing after a long day of taking care of medical and other business, Watching American Splendor, and I am wearing the lovely...

I just got a big 3+ oz refill of L’Heure Bleue EdT for 27 dollars.
Thank you, Bigsly, for the heads up. It’s going for next to nothing on eBay.
...

For you? I think, the EDT. I find that stereotypical “feminines” are usually sweeter and lusher, in EdP form, and lean more heavily, on their florals. This is especially the case, with Guerlain. ...

Morning all,

♥️♥️♥️♥️Thank you, friends across the pond and elsewhere, outside our national boundaries. We need peace here, so badly, right now. I am ready for the change that I think our...

Great idea! Something about making lists using one’s memory, and utilizing one’s capacity to visualize, stops the mind from racing.

We are still in the city, on the way to my parents’ house for...

Afternoon all,

Happy birthday to Whitefluffy, congrats to Robin, and glad to see that some of our sickies have returned, in good form.

We’re in the city because I have a little medical...

Lol!!

Hazel5, so glad to see you back. So sorry to hear you had the dread Corona, and so glad you survived, and that the anosmia is gone. Is it wrong, that that part frightens me as much as all...

Evening all,

I finally got my flu shot yesterday, and is kicking my booty today. I’m actually glad the office is still closed today, I am a sweaty mess, and I slept through most of the day, even...

I feel the same way. We are out in the country, and there are some people here who I can see are even more riled up than usual. We have to go into the city this weekend, and I’m a little worried...

I picked up a vintage bargain on eBay today, a backup Shalimar edt

Evening all,

My word, it smells so good in FFD today! All these winter beauties—

Cook.bot, I have, as yet, to get my mitts on a sample of Or Black, but I was considering a blind buy, and I...

Afternoon all.

I’m watching the snow melt, and wearing ELDO Fin du Monde. It reminds me of a song by Guesh Patti, on the soundtrack of The Pillow Book, called “Blonde.” There’s a line in it,...

Morning all,

I woke up, and checked the weather to find out how much I need to layer up to walk the dog, and there is snow pouring down from every direction, a real love blizzard. We get snow...

I bought a bottle of Under My Skin a couple of days ago. I thought I posted about that, but maybe I forgot. I also bought

Pilar & Lucy Tiptoeing Through the Chambers of the Moon. Such a lovely...

Evening all,

Big hugs filled with Kitty Love for Cuddlecat♥️♥️♥️

Congrats to posting machines Hednic & freewheeling!! Healing vibes and hugs to everyone who needs them ♥️♥️♥️

Teardrop, I’m...

Evening all-

♥️♥️♥️Hugs to both ((( Mike and Teardrop ))). ♥️♥️♥️


I forgot it was Friday and got into my Under My Skin sample—damn it, because I knew I was going to lost my mind over it. LS...

I understand that this is a cottage operation and a labor of love, and I understand how indie endeavors work, so I get it. I just made a New Year’s ... I hate the idea of “resolutions” ... so New...

I should probaby just do that ...

I’ve been on a review-writing bender for weeks now, since well before the new year. Just wondering the same thing.

I shall!!

Late night shopping again—this will be the death of me. I just bought a bottle of J-Scent Black Leather. It is like a baby Bulgari Black, less the powder, more elegant and suave, but...

❤️❤️Thank you, friends across the pond(s). Your support and words of encouragement are deeply appreciated by both of us (the bf and me).

I’m continuing my sampling adventures with my Caron...

Morning/Evening, all,

We’re watching the (final) count of the electoral college votes. Because of the objection over the Pennsylvania vote (after today’s earlier substantial interruption), the...

Evening all,

I wish I had the discipline to ignore the news, at least during these next couple of nail biting hours. However, I’m an incurable news junkie, and the boyfriend is worse. One thing...

I wore Opium, Shalimar. Moschino, Obsession, Diva, Loulou, Cristalle, Muguet di Bois, Dali Parfum, Diorissimo and Diorella, Chanel’s No’s 5, 19, and 22, Tuxedo, Pavlova, Obsession (for men and...

[khanada - hope the headache is better. I love me some Archer![/QUOTE]

Mike, I think Archer is keeping me sane right now, which says a lot, about our current circumstances. Hopefully after...

Afternoon/evening all,

Aha, Jujy—of course it was Baudelaire. Shameful of me.

So, we finally got word from the hospital about when the BF’s procedure will be taking place, and his check in...

Thanks, ine, Jon, teardrop, clockwork Alice, kewart, and anyone else. Ah, Jujy—luxe, calme, volupté—is that Proust? My college French lit ain’t what it used to be. The German is even more...

Got one more with an offer I couldn’t refuse.
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Well, so ... I have no idea how to do this, stick to it, or make it work, for me, but I want to give it a try, since I would like to have some of my perfumes in easy reach. I got used to this last...

I love Jane Austen, but I am kinda a Sense and Sensibilty/Mansfield Park kind of a girl.

However, one perfume that makes me think of the story, if not the characters or historical period, is...

Are we talking Envy for Men or Women? Because from your wardrobe, you look like the kind of guy who might go for either or both. If you’re thinking Envy for Woman, definitely that one, since you...

This looks really great! I love Passage but find it a little on the quiet side. Plus I love the whole concept of “this is our perfume shop in a bottle,” like Diptyque’s 34 series, and ELDO’s...

I just bought a matching Urban Decay set that I’ve been eyeing for a long time—Mrs Mia Wallace lip liner and lipstick. It was a blind buy, and I wonder what it’s going to look like on me. The color...

Evening/Morning all,

I’m in bed, with some fierce allergies, beating my head to a pulp. Comforting myself with Putain de Palaces ...
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Afternoon all—

Congrats on the solo shower, Quarry!! An important milestone on the way to recovery ...

We’re having a lazy day—still have one piece of new Christmas furniture that needs...

I kicked off the new year with a few new things—two impulse purchases. and a long-desired discontinued beauty:

ELDO Dangerous Complicity—I need to edit my mediocre review of this, because I ended...

Me too!!

I looked through the collection, and almost hopped on the Mona di Orio Vanille train, but Portrayal is still chugging along, so a White Floral, seemed like a layering choice that might...

I bought the ELDO box set for my boyfriend and myself, for Christmas, and it is a gift that has kept on giving, as we dig deeper. We tried out Remarkable People today, and we both like it. I am...

Thank you!! I looked at their website last night, but could not find the perfumes. I suppose, I didn’t look closely enough. It’s a shame, that their samples are all out of stock. $180 is too rich...

I just smelled ELDO’s Remarkable People, and its grapefruit note is so evocative of Rio Star/Ruby Red grapefruit, that it can only be December/January/February in the South Texas Valley, and my...

Afternoon everyone,

I finally found my sample of Amouage Portrayal Woman, a day late for the Annick Menardo Sync. I was completely confused about what the hell day of the week this actually is,...

I am sitting awake at 4 am, reading the 2018 update to the Guide, and I was reminded that Cloon Keen Atelier’s Castaña, or really anything from this house, has been on my test list for a long time. ...

One More Year by Tame Impala

Mumm Cordon Rouge

Vaniglia del Madagascar

I can’t find my Portrayal sample for today’s sync, and it is below freezing cold again (the poor dog, I had to take him outside in two layers of doggy clothing, his fisherman’s sweater and his puffer...

Omg, I just looked at 2021 Synch Days, and found out that you guys did a “kitchen sink (sync?) day for me! I feel like such a bad BN member, right now. I’m honored—thank you, guys, for thinking of...

Giiirrrrrlll... so glad to have you back!! Thanks for the updates. I hope you know how much we have missed you.

Happy new year!! We had a pretty darn good night, last night. We ate, drank,...

Thanks!! The moussaka looks great, I just have to reheat it tonight, and I am about to do a little laundry, make Choux paste and puffs, take a shower, and get started on our evening. ...

Really? I have to say that I like their feminines better than most of their masculines, but I also know that nobody around here stands on ceremony, where gendered marketing is concerned. But, these...

Thanks, hednic!

Congrats! I’m on the Rogue train now. Chypre-Siam is my absolute favorite of everything I tried for the first time this year ...

I love Jasmine Angelique!! It has one of the most creative, and wearable, workarounds I have found for the absence of oakmoss. It still feels like a green chypre, so maybe it has some “fauxmoss” in...

Evening/Morning all,

We spent the day trying to get ahead of the nasty nasty storm blowing in tonight. I think we are laid in for the next couple of days.

After doing some thinking about what...