The Month in Pictures, Some Notes, Sounds and a Few Words

Have been digging My Morning Jacket lately.

 



 Distilled Oil of Costus Aplotaxis lappa root. Stimulant, "aphrodesiac", repels insects. Helps to preserve woolens. Heavy "oriental type" aroma used in perfumery. Blends well with Sandalwood, vetivert, patchouli, rose and violet leaf absolute. Very strong and tenacious.

Very intriguing. Need to get my nose into some of this, the "dirty hair/scalp" smell. I can't imagine how it would be in perfume. A few years ago I got into a cab that reeked of dirty, greasy scalp, the cabbie must have needed a shampoo and was probably scratching his head whenever he had the chance.

 The van broke down....I will be taking cabs and subway until he gets a new car or something. Wonder if I'll ever get in the costus cab again, lol.  No more driving around, dropping people off after work, picking up coffee before work-which I've become addicted to, need to have a coffee a day, sometimes more. That medium iced coffee that once seemed so big and lasted the whole day doesn't seem so big anymore and disappears quicker than I'd like. Anyway, I hope the new ride has a working radio.

 It snowed tonight. Yes, it's still October and snow. Didn't amount to much, melted as soon as it hit the ground but stuck to bushes and grass. Winter is coming and sooner than usual. Earlier today I hung up all my winter coats, my vintage furs and scarves because I'll be wearing them soon. BTW I hate snow.

Drugstore chasing. It's a sad state of affairs when the drugstores & pharmacies in your city are out of your meds and you have to call ALL of the surrounding ones in order to get a refill. Had to travel to another city, off the beaten path. Will have to do the same thing next month, like I didn't have enough to do already.

What I've been up to....

 Miss Dior. Another "buy to sell" that's not leaving this house, unless it's stashed in my purse for later applications.

I don't know how I can stay in business if I'm hoarding all the juice for myself!

Nothing new to report from the YSL line of fragrances. The ad reminded me of a phone call....

The Fragrance Event

Ah, the magic of macy's. Do ya think they can possibly part with some samples for this event? I'm thinking of getting Vince Camuto, or at least stopping in and getting another sniff of it-then deciding. The bottle is beautiful and from the slight sniff I took off it, it was very promising. If I purchased that and got some samples of Prada Candy, Bvlgari Mon Jasmin Amor, Angel EDT,  Burberry Body-that would be perfect. With my luck with that place they'd say they were all out of samples or give me some celebrity crap samples and/or stuff like Clinique Happy-which smells putrid on me and will bring on a headache.

By the time I get to this event they probably will be out of samples. I have a strong feeling I will have to work today so I'll be going to this tomorrow, day 2. I'll take whatever work I can get right now.

On the other hand, if I read any more about Bottega Veneta I will have to take a detour and go to Neiman Marcus and give that a whirl. Michel Almairac is the nose and he has done some fantastic scents: Gucci Rush, Bond's Saks for Her & West Side, Burberry, Chopard's Casmir. A leathery chypre with a connection to my old favorite, Gucci Rush? Will have to check it out. (I thought I had a magazine sample around here?)

Whenever I get my day off, I will be all over the place. I got cards from Saks for samples of Tom Ford's Violet Blond and the new Acqua di Parma. I may go to the old perfume shop and pick up that bottle of Miss Doir in the hounds tooth box, I've had my eye on, and whatever else might be there. There was another Dior, I think Dioressence, just did a search from what I remember of the box. I thought it was Diorissimo, but the box looks more like Dioressence, it was a dark swirly design. Decisions, decisions.

Not Really Off-Topic: Make-up & Cindy Sherman

Since my nose isn't fully up to snuff due to the cold*, make-up will be today's post. I've had some non-perfume posts rolling around in my mind anyway. Yup, I wear make-up, too, and lately it's been a lot-compared what I've worn in the past. Thankfully make-up doesn't turn me on as perfumes do otherwise I'd really be in the poorhouse.

Tonight I was browsing that horrid Macy's website only because they're having that fragrance event beginning Wednesday. Somehow I'm on their mailing list, actually the flyer was addressed to Hubby-must have been that J'adore purchase last Christmas. Anyhoo, I wound up in the MAC make-up section. WTH? It's certainly eye catching, isn't it? It reminded me of Cindy Sherman's photography. I even wondered if Sherman did the photographs......

OMG, she did! (Blogging in real time here, Google search in one window, make-up page in another, blog in another) Well, whadda  ya know? I knew that BFA in photography would come in handy someday.

I haven't seen any of her recent works, haven't seen any of her work since I was in school-some 15-odd years ago. I was googling her, found some photos, then  this one then it all made sense.

Cindy Sherman

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2003 

 

Cindy Sherman for MAC 2011

If you're not familiar with her work,  check out the link above and/or do search. Her work is extremely thought provoking, sometimes disturbing, and her physical transformations are incredible.

This reminds me of a character that Cheri Oteri did on SNL, can't figure out who though...

Does it make you want to run to the nearest MAC counter and invest in some new make-up? Didn't have that effect on me but again, I'm not that into make-up, I'm not picky, Wet n' Wild, Revlon or whatever is on sale will work for me. Although it did lead me to browse the MAC section further to find more of these unconventional make-up photographs, which led me to the lipstick section and that brought me to their Mattene Lipstick. I just LOVE a good matt lipstick, it's the only type of lipstick I'll wear. No greasy, glossy, gooey lipstick for me, I can't stand it when it leaves lip marks on cups, straws, cigarettes, forks and everything else I put my mouth on. Rich and deep looking colors with catchy names: "Seeds of Desire", "Unknown Pleasures" and "Legendary" for $14.50 is quite do-able. Perhaps that horrid Macy's will throw in a perfume sample if I buy one.