Going with the luminous and powerful, Chanel 22. Such a lovely sparkling dry scent. Envelopes you in green and white (this is what always comes to my mind when I wear it.). Perfect for Spring.
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Green Heart by Christopher Reilly 2007
Alright Kristen Chenowith's dress is nice
Ellen Page, seems to be going flapper, like the smokey eyes, but wish for once she would go with color.
Hilary Swank, I hate to admit this but the dress is nice, still I want this to be known I am sick of black dresses.
I'm going to need carbs for this. I suspect I am partially watching this for Jon Stewart.
As usual Cate Blanchett is my fashion goddess
And finally it begins.
Oh good grief you can this was made after a writers strike. This is so bad it isn't even funny.
Oh Jon I am fairly positive Javier Bardem and Daniel Day Lewis have crushes on you.
I love James McAvoy; so swoony.
Jon boy is getting very political.
Jennifer Garner, I don't like the dress, like the jewels and the eye make up, but don't like the hair.
Damn costume design is hard this year, but Elizabeth: The Golden Age, really does deserve the award, really that movie was about the dresses. Still Keira's green dress in Atonement was gorgeous, in general I loved the wardrobe for it.
Oh how do i love Tilda Swinton's gorgeous hair.
Why the damn titanic song?!
And Jon just made fun of it.
Anne Hatheway, Oh dear that is a gorgeous dress, very reminiscent of Kate Winslet's red dress.
Katherine Heigl, good dress.
Sweet Jesus Norbit! I knew it would be La Vie en Rose.
Oh poor jon.
Cate Blanchett, yup love it, but then again she is gorgeous.
Another damn montage!
Jennifer Hudson, she looks very fresh, I rather like it.
Keri Russell, I love the jewels, the dress is nice, but the jewels are making it.
And the montages continue for the love of God.
Oh James McAvoy is being such a big brother to the girl from Atonement.
Tilda Swinton, by the way I love Tilda Swinton, but I hate that dress, she so was not expecting this.
Jessica Alba, pregnancy boobs do not need feathers, still the dress is a beautiful color.
Oh James just keep talking with that gorgeous voice, and Josh so tried to one up you.
Damn adaption is a hard catagory this year. James is not happy. Still I knew it was either No Country For Old Men or Atonement. I admit I was rooting for Atonement only because I saw it (didn't have time to see No Country For Old Men).
I cannot believe they are actually doing a montage on Oscar voting.
Miley Cyrus, the look is too old for her.
Oh man best actress is coming up right after this damn montage.
Oh Cate is definately someone who doesn't want to watch herself.
My god Julie Christie is beautiful.
By the way I love Marian Cottilard's mermaid dress.
Marian Cottilard, most definately love the mermaid dress.
Oh you have got to be kidding me. Playing wii on tv.
Alright, i really do need to see Once.
let the montage begin...
Renee Zeleweger, the dress is good, but Renee is looking hard.
Nicole Kidman, is she actually pregnant?, a bit of a blah look.
aside: my butt is hurting
Penelope Cruise, yikes!
Enchanted was nominated 3 times?!
Call it a hunch but I think Enchanted might win. And I was wrong, thank goodness
I like her dress (woman from Once).
Jon is a very nice man.
And you already know my feelings on Cameron Diaz.
And on Hillary Swank.
And on Amy Adams.
Alright I really want the Atonement score to win. Yay!
How can this run over, oh yeah the damn montages!
Diablo Cody, for some reason I think she looks really cute. But this could be the montages talking.
oh look another montage; I am becoming a montage by typing montage.
Helen Mirren, she is awesome! That is all need be said.
Okay I really wanted to Viggo to win he just gets snubbed in my opinion. Still I understand Daniel Day Lewis.
and the director montage, I am dreading the best picture montage.
I must say Denzel is looking very very suave.
And the winner is No Country For Old Men.
Phew I am done.
My tradition on Sundays is to always wear a comforting uncomplicated scent, today I am going with Bvlgari's Omnia. A lovely creamy tea scent with hint of sweetness from a white chocolate note.
It is Friday, I am still sick, I have work today, the on coming headache that will be setting up a new cellphone plan; so I have decided to go with comfort in both image and fragrance. Today I am wearing Hillary Duff's With Love, a lovely little perfume, that combines cream, amber, spices, vanilla, and a light dash of fruit. Overall it kind've reminds me of a mango lassi and a mocha. One very unique characteristic of the scent is that it becomes stronger and richer as it dries down.
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Cream by Alfred Arthur Brunel de Neuville
Today I am sick, I was yesterday too, but now it seems to taken a turn for the worse. The irony of when I am sick is that I don't want to smell any of my usual sweet favorites. Instead I end up preferring scents with little to no sweetness. So today I am giving my time to L'Artisan's Fleur d'Oranger, a very generous sample I received, this is a lovely orange blossom that really plays on the a neroli aspect, and then becomes a dry orange blossom. Still this orange blossom is not for me and I continue my quest for an orange blossom scent; I am also thankful this not for me because this one has a nice hefty price tag to go with it. Also a little side bit the scent of orange blossoms is the scent of summer for me. The heady sweet bitter tart scent roams through the Bay Area neighborhoods in the summer morning buzzing with sound nectar seeking insects.
Un Bois Vanille by Serge Lutens
Organza Indecence by Givenchy
To quite simple put it Valentine's day is also my boyfriend's birthday and so in honor of him I am wearing one of his favorites. Which also coincidently features a prominent note of osmanthus. The scent of osmanthus this time sweetly luminous hinting at the scent of the skin of apricots; which is perfect considering over all Narciso Rodriguez for her edt evokes the quality of warm skin. Happy Birthday Sweetie!
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The Kiss by Auguste Rodin
Continuing the Osmanthus theme is Parfum d'Empire's Osmanthus Interdite aka Forbidden Osmanthus, if Keiko Mecheri's Fleurs d'Osmanthus is the tropical gentle variation of osmanthus, then Osmanthus Interdite is the more forward and strangely tom boyish cousin. Osmanthus Interdite works with the pronounced tang and leather of osmanthus, it juxtaposes a citrusy zingy apricot note with a strangely lactic leather note. There is a masculine edge to it, but at the same time it evokes the perfect presence of a summer dress with the note of citrus and apricot, it is a leather and fruit scent that does not go into chypre territory, but rather straddles the fruity and leather families. I would almost say this is a naughty scent, but because it is so forward there is nothing naughty about it, for it is obvious. It is a the perfect peachy cream colored summer dress belted with with black leather and paired with black stilettos. For those looking for an animalic fruity leather scent that does not go into hiney territory this is for you, strangely kinky and charming.image provided by http://www.gallery-ef.com/e07.htm
Eternal Spring by Adam Booth 2006
There are three florals that I am truly attracted too: rose, orange blossom, and osmanthus. Otherwise as many know my fragrance love is more in the category of incense, gourmands, and spices with the occasional fruit. Osmanthus is a floral chameleon in the sense that it is not really a floral scent but a melange of other scents resulting in a scent that is heady, fruity, creamy, tart, and shockingly leatherly. It has been described as the combination of apricot, orange blossom, and leather. It truly holds my attention though at the apricot note. There is one fruit scent I truly love and sadly apricot is a scent few perfumes ever get right (in fact I have yet to find one, the best rendition of apricot being Burt's Bees Apricot Baby Oil). My first meeting with osmanthus came in the form of Keiko Mecheri's Fleurs d'Osmanthus, this scent is a tropical take on osmanthus, upping the creamy part of osmanthus with the addition of tuberose, still as the fragrance dries down the zing of green apricot cream comes forward, it enchants you. It still holds a place in my heart and remains one of the most easy going florals out there. Although, it does bear some resemblance to Serge Luten's Datura Noir, I would say that two migrate in different directions with the dry down, Datura Noir becoming sweeter with a rasp and Fleurs d'Osmanthus taking on a tang and gentleness. Fleurs d'Osmanthus is a lovely gentle enticing scent, that is striking but never overbearing.
Another way to enjoy the the scent of osmanthus and far more traditional way is through tea. This may be the best way of smelling the true scent of osmanthus without having to find an osmanthus bush. Today I am drinking a blend of osmanthus and green tea. The fruity apricot leather note coming out perfectly. I suggest for those of us who are not lovers of jasmine green tea but want to enjoy a scented floral that you seek out an osmanthus scented tea.
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Spring by Irma Kusiani
It feels as though spring is here, there is a sudden need for light and feminine scents for me. So I went with the lovely peach jasmine combo of Nanette Lapore over the golden deliciousness of Burt's Bees Apricot Baby Oil.
So pretty!! Narcisco Rodriguez. This dress would go perfect with Narciso's perfume.
Once again I love the color. Narcisco Rodriguez
So simple but I adore this colore. Narciso Rodriguez.
Quire simple Abaete owns my sole. I want to be in Capri wearing this.
So simple but wonderfully figure flattering. -Abaete
Modern but classic, plus answers my need for a cream and black combo-Abaete
My god Abaete is making me love sea foam green, so wrong but so right.
Okay I am loving the coral detailing of this dress. Once again Philip Lim. Overall his collection was beautiful and very wearable.
Once again Lim, I don't think I could pull off the color but I love the detailing and overall look.
Going with ever elusive and original scent of Datura Noir (a scent that for me that demands wearing a combination of black and white).
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Deer by George Barbier
