Wednesday, Dec. 30: Bvlgari Black. Weather hand-chappingly cold. Black is nice. I'd never call this a Holy Grail, it probably wouldn't make my faves list, but it's very nice. I do love that dusty new-rubber smell. I finally got the bright idea of decanting my mini into a 5ml spray bottle, and now I'm not having any trouble with staying power. Duh.
Thursday, Dec. 31, New Year's Eve: Tom Ford Black Orchid Voile de Fleur. Weather icky: 2 inches of snow, followed by drizzly rain. For something I sneer at frequently, for its awkward name, and for its unwillingness to simply be “pretty white flowers,” I sure wear VdF a lot, and stay happy wearing it. (Reviewed Jan. 4.)
Friday, Jan. 1, New Year's Day 2010: Jolie Madame in vintage parfum. I am embarrassed, or maybe not so, to admit that I have three tiny (3ml) bottles of vintage JM parfum, all slightly different with varying amounts of leather and florals, but all distinctively Jolie Madame. The weather is clear but bitterly cold; we're cocooning today and watching bowl games in front of the fire. I have set some goals for myself, and Jolie Madame seemed perfect for that, to remind myself that I am both strong and beautiful. Tested ELPC Tuberose Gardenia in the evening.
Saturday, Jan. 2: For various reasons, my proposed test of Tubereuse Criminelle did not take place. It was extra-bitterly cold today, zero degrees with the wind chill; in the afternoon I put on a drop of Rumba. I like the hot dust note that attempts to convince me I'm not cold. When I was tucking him in, Gaze the Noticer asked what perfume I was wearing. “I like that one,” he said. “It smells warm.”
Sunday, Jan. 3: Bitterly cold, sunny, windy. ELPC Tuberose Gardenia. Pretty and unpretentious; one spritz will do when you plan to be in a gathering of people. This is one of the very, very few Lauders whose base doesn't nauseate me. (Reviewed Jan. 5.)
Monday, Jan. 4: Bitter-as-a-rejected-first-wife-cold. This is the first weekday of the month after New Year's Day, ergo, it's Statement Day. I spend the first weekday of every month printing, folding, and stuffing three hundred statements of account. It's not a fun day. Testing anything with an eye to writing a review is simply not possible. I wore Alahine.
Tuesday, Jan. 5: Cold, but less so than the previous few days. Tested Carnal Flower again. I wish I'd sprung for the spray sample, but it's good. Review pending.
Image is parfums by Gruut at flickr.
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