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In this regard, a team of excellent perfume bloggers (please check them out on the bottom of post) joined me into relaying our recent disoveries in sensual pleasures for this fall. Enjoy!
- TACTILE SENSATIONS
- VISUAL DELIGHTS
Ballet Dancer Sitting, original drawing available for purchase on Etsy.com
Ancient Priestess, original drawing available for purchase on Etsy.com
- FAVOURITE FALL 2011 FRAGRANCES
pic via efashiontrend.net
Bottega Venetta Eau de Parfum THE winner for me this fall; subtly leathery goodness with warmth and coziness, underneath a fruity chypre mantle with a beating jasmine heart. What's not to like? It's also a more easily procured and less expensive stand-in for Boxeuses. Win-win. Balenciaga Paris L'Essence Possibly the best office scent since Prada Infusion d'Iris. Unobtrusive, yet there, its violet leaf with warm, skin tones and nutty accents is quietly appealing.An alternative to the other woody violet of the season, Tom Ford's Violet Blonde.
Parfumerie General Praliné de Santal The juxtaposition of savoury and sweet, intensely nutty, before the scent falls into an unctuous billowy note of powdery, rich woods and the soothing, smooth silkiness of Cashmeran is addictive. I'm thinking of it when not wearing it. Not to mention, sandalwood is proving something of the theme of the season, once again.
Cartier Baiser Volé This stolen kiss of green lily and powder is ethereally lyrical. I might have expected more avant-garde by Mathilde Laurent, but let's be realistic here: it's so very pretty!
Tauer Pentachord White A silvery, expansive imagescape: A fragrance of either the crack of dawn or the crepuscular drawing of a prolonged cool afternoon, the contrast between light and shadow. Orris, violet, vanilla, ambergris notes...
Guerlain Mitsouko (vintage) Revisiting my old bottles of Mitsouko, like I ritualistically do as soon as autumnal weather raps at my window pane, I'm reminded of the words of Pascal Bruckner that "[anyone] who desires cannot be guilty... sin proceeds only from prohibitions" and I'm mentally throwing my fist at IFRA.
- SWEET & VAMPY THINGS ON THE LIPS
- BOOK TO BOOKMARK
- FILMS TO CATCH
I had forgotten all about "neon-noirs", in which the LA night lights -in the immortal words of Sunny/Alexandra Paul- "made her cunt's hairs shine"; till this little Nicolas Winding Refn directed gem that is. The anti-hero's fantasy of being a silent type ordinary man "but [also] a real hero" is mingled with the director's essay on man's true nature and its boundaries; immortalised in successive shots of the white satin jacket with a huge scorpion sewn on the back and splattered with blood. I'm still thinking about it weeks after watching.
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
I have always been a fan of The Quiet Beatle since day one. It's great to see many more were of an equal disposition towards his immense contribution; not only to music but to cinema too (A lesson for us all on how to support what you believe in).
- TASTES TO SAVOUR
- HAUNTING SOUNDTRACK
Please visit the other participating blogs for more discoveries:
Lovely post, thanks for all the recs, should check them out. My own favorite indulgence is caramel coffee and a good book by the fire and bringing forth the old Coco by Chanel! In eau de parfum.
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Another great post.. I am Greek and Italian and Fall seems like the best season to get out the heavy artillery and start cooking and baking (especially Greek). Bring out the Ouzo and Metzaka too :-) Ummmmm
ReplyDeleteI simply cannot wait to try the Bottega Veneta perfume. It will be at my Nords any day now, which is the only thing keeping me from buying a bottle unsniffed!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for including me in your autumnal blogging event. What a treat!!
XOXO
Trish
Elena, thanks for sparking me to check out Revolutionary Road and the George Harrison doc...it's hard to keep on top of everything. Loving the clip of Thomas Newman's music. And How to Dress for Success duly bookmarked.
ReplyDeleteElena,
ReplyDeleteThank you for initiating this sense-fest and inviting me to participate!
Sandalwood seems to really be the scent-of-vogue, probably because it's becoming extinct, and some big company found a synthetic replacement that everybody is happy to use? Was surprised to see Santal-Massoia coming out of Hermes right after IFRA put a ban on this note...
I'd have to try your fava recipe, looks delish and reminds me of mujadara (all-time favourite from my village that looks dull but is delish!).
Loved Revolutionary Road but never thought about the music again till you posted this!
And speaking of Neon-Noir - I've spent all of last weekend reading The Jasmine Trade by Denise Hamilton (who is also a fellow perfumista) and am having hard time staying away from the library to get the rest of the Eve Diamond series... You should read them if you haven't already.
XOXOayala
And BTW - the D&G deep plum lipstick colour is amazing... For Halloween or beyond. I found myself craving a plum colour this season as well, but went with Aveda's Wineberry lipgloss.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions! I love fava beans too. But the fava beans in our pic look nothing like the Italian ones. Are they already shredded? or are greek fava beans different? (in fact you talk about fava *lentils*).
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Love the lipstick color! Thank you for all the tempting autumn treats, this is the first day of my woodstove ON and the darker days are upon us no matter my protestations! Thank you again for your comforting directions XO M
ReplyDeleteOooh what a delicious post! Matelot tops (I am wearing one today, too), Bottega Veneta, vintage Mitsy, D&G lippy (I'm addicted to it), Edith Head, George Harrison and fava/lentils - all fantastic and great favourites of mine. I'm not sure there is anything to add after all that scrumptiousness - we share so many favourites. Thank you my dearest E!
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ReplyDeleteCongrats on your deliciously fragrant blog.
Thanks for mentioning The Greek Fork's fava recipe, by our very own Chef Karitas!
We would truly appreciate you attributing the source..
Cheers,
Helen Iatrou
The Greek Fork co-founder
Thanks Aline! Sounds good to me :-)
ReplyDeleteMorticia,
ReplyDeleteahhhh...yeah, cooking and baking is so a propos this season. Preferably "wet-ted" with something like your suggestions!
Trish,
ReplyDeleteyou're most welcome, thanks for playing!
You should definitely give a sniff to the Bottega, it's very cozy, old-school elegant, classy and very wearable on top of that!
Katie,
ReplyDeletethanks for dropping by and by all means, I know what you mean! (so many things vying for our attention these days)
RR is a great watch, rather heart-clentching in parts, but rings absolutely true; a rare feat for a film produced by a big studio nowadays.
And hope you enjoy the rest as well.
Ayala,
ReplyDeletethanks for participating, it was a treat having you on board.
It's rather puzzling how companies are bypassing the sandalwood problem. I believe the Hermes is going more for reconstitution and abstraction, from the little I have weaned as of yet of course.
Isn't it funny how the Eastern Med has some of the most mouth-watering dishes in the world? I ADORE Lebanese, Jewish, Syrian, Egyptian cuisine; often of humble roots, but so very delicious! Mujaddara and Babaganoush are firm favourites, I could eat them every day and not tire of them.
BTW,
Currently I'm finishing Denise's latest neo-noir (and possibly a neon-noir if they turn it into a film! Hollywood producers, take note!) and preparing a review, but will definitely check out the Eve Diamond series next, since you rec it.
Oh, Wineberry sounds like just my colour (these shades suit me a lot). Off to check swatches!
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ReplyDelete"fava" is actually the name of the dish. The legume used is either split peas (ρεβύθια) or shredded yellow lentils (σπασμένη κίτρινη φακή), customarily sold as "fava" in the local market.
"Fava beans" is another thing, as you point out. They're sold as a bean variety, AFAIK.
M,
ReplyDeletethanks for commenting to say so!
I hope that you have not much gloom ahead of you and that the sun comes out to play despite the low temperatures ahead.
Do try some of the suggestions!
D,
ReplyDeletewe do share a vast array of common tastes, don't we. I'm so pleased to hear that again!
Hope you're very well and the weather is continuing to be mild.
Helen,
ReplyDeletethank you for dropping by and καλώς όρισες!
I believe there is a clear attribution with a link under the pic and a direct link to the recipe on your site. Doesn't it show up for you?
But if you simply mean if I could add the name of the chef/site in the actual link to the recipe, I'd be most happy to integrate it. Going to fix it right now!
I enjoyed this post very much, and I seriously want those trousers in particular. The lipstick looks amazing, but would be every kind of ghastly on my sallow complexion. Scentwise, we share a number of the same favourites from this season, namely Bottega Veneta, L'Essence (it is the new perfect office scent, I agree!), Baiser Vole and Violet Blonde.
ReplyDeleteWith it being Hallowe'en, I have also been enjoying Prada Candy, and on the food front porridge drizzled with maple syrup and roast chicken with mashed root veg.