[Women's] SOTD Sunday 14th of May 2023

[Basenotes Robot]

Hello Humans!

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Today I am wearing: Monoi by Rag & Bone



By the way, I have moved the older FFD SOTD discussions to here, to give you some more room to talk about perfume

 

[hednic]

Paranoiaque by OHTOP

 

[sjg3839]

 

[N.CAL Fragrance Reviewer]

Going with Guerlain Habit Rouge EDT

 

[cologne connoisseur]

Fleurissimo

 

[kewart]

Good morning.

We’re going to an open day at the place that my son and his fiancé are thinking of using as their wedding venue. It is deep in the Shropshire countryside and has beautiful gardens. They are having a plant sale, open gardens and afternoon tea.



I will wear Roma.

 

[chypre]

Cabochard for today. Because you need balls of steel to be a mum.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers celebrating today!

 

[JoM68]

Good morning everyone.

@JON RODGERS that looks like a beautiful place for wedding celebrations. Have a great day.

Had a wonderful day yesterday at Sissinghurst Castle, home to the writer and garden designer, Vita Sackville West. Stunning gardens and amazing buildings including a tower where she did her writing. There was a queue to go up the tower, so we didn't do that, but will next time. Some pics taken by my husband, one of which is of me walking down a tree lined path.

Today's try is Diptych's Oud Palao, kindly sent by a fragrance friend. I really like it.

Have a fab day.

 

[JON RODGERS]

Good morning everyone.

@JON RODGERS that looks like a beautiful place for wedding celebrations. Have a great day.

It's a bit far for a day trip for me but I'm sure kewart will enjoy it
Sissinghurst looks lovely

Scent twin with N.CAL today although mine is the EDC. Habit Rouge.

 

[sakecat]

Picking through my department store sample haul.

Valentino Donna Born in Roma

Trendy black currant and pink pepper opening
"A couture floriental jasmine trio" - e.g. some "jasmine-ish" aromachemicals
Dry down to a woody sweet musk aromachemical base - heavy on the Cashmeran, Ambroxan, and other -ans.

It could be worse. I don't hate it.

I suspect we will point to Donna Born in Roma as one of the reference scents representing "department store feminines" when 2019 becomes "vintage."

 

[donna255]

Hello all. Happy Mother's Day to all who celebrate it.

Eau de Charlotte by Annick Goutal

 

[tdem1961]

Hello and best to everyone. Happy Mother’s Day - and to those who are missing their mothers or who otherwise struggle on this day, I see you. 🫂❤️

Lalique Le Parfum for me.

 

[HouseOfPhlegethon]

LVDP: Caban by YSL

 

[teardrop]

Afternoon all, & Happy Mother's Day to all those celebrating! 💐

Yesterday was a glorious day for gardening, & l managed to conquer the weedy corner. l stayed up late last night to watch Eurovision (don't judge me, it's always such fun!), so l've emerged a bit later today. But it's sunny & warm again, so l'm heading outside in L'Ete en Douce.

 

[HUMBERTO]

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[fanny]

 

[JON RODGERS]

SotE: Creed - Baie De Genievre.

 

[CookBot]

@JON RODGERS that looks like a beautiful place for wedding celebrations. Have a great day.

It's a bit far for a day trip for me but I'm sure kewart will enjoy it

Haha! Pavlovian reaction -- see a big landscape photo and just assume it's Jon's.

@JoM68 , Sissinghurst looks marvelous. I once saw one of those garden documentaries by the wonderful Monty Don that focused on Sissinghurst, and its design was such a creative combination of the structured and the wild. I then read a biography of Sackville-West which was fascinating, but man, talk about being cluelessly privileged. (Well, apart from being unable to inherit her family property due to primogeniture.)

 

[sakecat]

SOTA - Prada Paradoxe

Decent sweet neroli opening quickly drying down to woody aromachemicals that go bitter on my skin.
Bleh.

The greek chorus at Fragrantica thought there were some similarities to Donna Born in Roma (hence why I decided to use this as scent 2 for the day).
I get why they think that. Sweet opening, jasmine-ish mid, aromachem drydown.

Paradoxe's opening and Donna Born in Roma's dry down would make a decent scent.
Still, I would be happiest with a long list of other scents outside of the department store fruity floral category.
Neither Donna Born in Roma nor Paradoxe has changed my mind.

 

[JoM68]

Haha! Pavlovian reaction -- see a big landscape photo and just assume it's Jon's.

@JoM68 , Sissinghurst looks marvelous. I once saw one of those garden documentaries by the wonderful Monty Don that focused on Sissinghurst, and its design was such a creative combination of the structured and the wild. I then read a biography of Sackville-West which was fascinating, but man, talk about being cluelessly privileged. (Well, apart from being unable to inherit her family property due to primogeniture.)

The gardens are absolutely beautiful, but yeah, privilege was definitely an understatement, but her garden design was pretty impressive.