Shhsppt, shhsppt!
Regular visitors to the B & P salon will know that I don't really like perfume, my feral little snout is too overactive to be bombarded with artificial scents, I like to keep my nostrilium clear for sniffing out bourbon, cake and trouble.
But at last, I have found something which allows me to participate in the indulgent rite of self anointing. Sulking and preening in my boudoir with Nivea's body lotion has been a rather Puritanical experience until now.
Diptyque's Voile Satin body oil contains the merest whiff of jasmine and saffron in a unctuous slippery base which means I can at last play High Priestess in the bedroom.
Fear not, I only sacrifice gingerbread men on my altar; death by nibbling.
oh look I'm the genie in the bottle.
Anything new in your beauty arsenal?
Mmmm Tabitha The Voile Satin, it is now on my must have list! I am ready to try something new!
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Karena
Art by Karena
The bottle is just beautiful, I'd buy it for that alone.
Deleteooh and aah...
ReplyDeletethis does sound interesting.
I love subtle scents and skin pampering is right up there on the top of my list.
I have started using eye cream...as my eyes are reactive and sensitive but I found a great one by Avene whose products are currently in my beauty arsenal.
My eyes are so sensitive, I can never use eye creams, I saw your Avene stockpile, I don't know that brand at all.
DeleteAnything new in my beauty arsenal? How long have you got?
ReplyDeleteStandards must be maintained!
DeleteThe Voile Satin sounds very interesting! I actually do love a good scent but I'm always afraid of breaking out in skin rashes, something which has happened on several occasions. Tata Harper eye cream is at the top of my beauty arsenal right now. I had always been doubtful of the efficacy of any eye cream, but this one really does work and I'm so grateful for it. Without it, I would look as exhausted as I feel!
ReplyDeleteAnother eye cream user - I'm falling behind everyone!
DeleteI worship anything Dyptique.
ReplyDeleteAnd thank the lucky stars for attending French school, where talk of the extreme unction was about as commonplace as the national anthem at the Super Bowl.
Alcira
Nerochronicles.com
Me too, I'm afraid I'd buy it just for the box and the graphics.
DeleteMay extreme unction be along way off for all of us!
Well I know you don't like perfume, but I recently got a bottle of Ellie Saab whilst on holiday in NZ (love that duty free) and I cannot stop wearing it. Normally a No 5 every day kinda gal, but this is something super special...
ReplyDeleteI like seeing the alchemy and magic it creates for others, I do like bath oil.
DeleteNew? Oh no. I've been wearing the same perfume for the last ten years. It's proved me well over the years. Although I am loving the thought of nibbling gingerbread men to death. Yum!
ReplyDeleteDon't sit near me ..... I just bought a bottle of Malle's Portrait Of A Lady! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh is it a potent number? I'll have a whiff next time I'm out and about!
DeleteI must smell this.
ReplyDeleteNew item: vitamin C lip balm.
Oh I'm an Aquaphor fiend and Dani sent me Burts Bees pomegranite lip balm which I love.
DeleteMine is from Avalon Organics and it seems to be the only one that worked so far.
DeleteA large keg of shea butter with a very light scent of lavender.
ReplyDeleteKathy, that's wonderful stuff I dolloped some on my legs the other night whilst at my friend's house.
DeleteNew in my wife's arsenal is lipstick and mascara from YSL and "Lemon & Neroli" from Bronnley. All christmas gifts from me ;)
ReplyDeleteYou are a very good hubby!
DeleteOh I have that body oil too, I just wish I had that wallpaper.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you get it.
Oh it took about 6 months to get it and it cost three times the original quote - worth it in the end but a huge headache what with customs/taxes/shipping.
DeleteI though it's a real plant! :-o
DeleteAnything new in my beauty arsenal?
ReplyDeleteYes to Carrots day and night moisturizers, love my Zen perfume (by Sheisedo) and Kerastase's new hair serum.
Oh I used to use Kerastase a lot when I was younger, I don't know the carrots range, I'll have a nosy.
DeleteI was recently given Valentina perfume and body lotion, and I love both. I can't bear overpowering scents, they give me a headache!
ReplyDeleteMe neither, I just walked past a woman in Waitrose and almost threw up - reeking of perfume at 9.00am in the morning, yeauch!
DeleteAm jealous of Lady Jicky as that Malle perfume sounds like my ideal (and with such a moniker, she obviously has fine taste in scents). New in my arsenal? A friends gave me the whole range of Bobbi Brown's brightening skin line and I have to say that I am actually seeing results for once! Also recent but looong overdue: benefit's instant brow pencil--poof! I have eyes again. One last: Davines oil for my crackleized winter hair.
ReplyDeleteOh I've never tried oil in my hair but this is actually a hair and body oil - though I'm saving it as leg treat for special occasions.
DeleteI've just bought some Laura Mercier tinted moisturiser which prompted me to wonder, how have I managed without this. The other beauty item which I find indispensable is Liz Earle cleanse and polish it makes my cheeks feel like I've been for a lovely long walk.
ReplyDeleteI second the Laura Mercier tinted moisturizer, love it! Also love Bobbi Brown gel eyeliner but the key is to use the eyeliner brush that goes with it.
DeleteI've always wanted to try that but I have broken veins around my nose which need a bit more coverage.
ReplyDeleteLooks great, sounds lovely - will have to try it out, the smell sounds amazing!! xx Hope your having a great week :)
ReplyDeleteHusby hates scented things and I'll admit I don't like artificial scents either. It's awful when you're trapped at the stadium or restaurant next to someone much too heavily perfumed. This sounds lovely, might have to try it! My new beauty arsenal is Blinc mascara. A new concept, and it doesn't clump.
ReplyDeleteI'm using some products from a canadian company, Daniel Thompson, which are amazing and makes my skin (which is dry with mild roscacea) feel amazing!
ReplyDeleteLittle perfume for me for same reason - most simply stuff me up, so I am intrigued!
I have been mown to put a ab or real geranium behind my ears...I think I am becoming Edie Beale....
WMM: I absolutely plan on becoming Edie Beale in my old age, in fact maybe sooner rather than later.
DeleteWell that makes three of us.
DeletePlus, I'm one step closer, having no hair left now after the two hair cuts last week.
I hope your initiation into the mystery-cult of scents is/was successful. That flacon is at least very well designed. I quite like scents but talking about my preferences I have also noticed that other men have very different predilections and perceptions of it. Also: the Asians (girls) often seem to be put off by too intense and/or strong ones like tobacco, rum, leather on a man. That reminded me that perfume at its core was/is still a European thing.
ReplyDeleteThat bottle is so pretty! I really like the shape!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I've had it for quite a while I never apprecciated it until now: Ligne St. Barth's Avocado Oil Skin & Hair Care. I started to curl my hair with a conical wand two weeks ago and it helps to maintain healthy, hydrated hair. It has just a faint smell and is also great on the body!
I practically collect Diptyque, and my fave is the Eau Duelle little solid perfume compact, the scent is subtle and amazing. From other depts, I am currently loving the Chanel No 5 bath oil that santa brought for me, along with Bobbi Brown tinted moisturiser and gel eyeliner, and Trish McEvoy 'tubes' mascara, which doesn't give me raccoon smudges like all others. PS: Aquaphor forevs! Is it sold in the UK now??
ReplyDeleteCosmic: I haven't sniffed that one, but I love the brand, everything they make is just so beautiful.
DeleteI think Aquaphor might be out here now, I must check, I've been paying well over the odds by flying it in from the US!
an elegant lavender shower gel (occitane). Sometimes I fancy a shower at night. Lavender is the perfect companion for the late shower.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the most-needed make-up-removing-oil. Oil-bases used to be common not so long ago. Now all drugstore brands switched to milk instead of oil. Which leaves me with Lancome's huile d'eclat. I like the feeling of oil removing makeup and skinflakes. Very, very thorough. And a gentle Shiseido soap afterwards. And a toner. and and and ..... :-D
Most perfumes give me migraines with the exception of Serge Lutens and Jo Malone.
ReplyDeleteI am using using a similar product to yours lately, a Duchesse Marden body oil which smells of rose and lily. Duchesse Marden products are out of California, you'd love them.
Dani, I love anything with rose in it, especially soap and bath oil. Duchesse Marden would make a wonderful nom de plume.
DeleteHi Tabitha,
ReplyDeleteRight now I am giving red lips a whirl! It is a bold lip color for me. Too bad I don't have you here to tell me ya or nay!
Best,,
Lynn
I guess the latest item in my beauty arsenal is an Ella Bache cleanser while the old stalwarts of Chanel No.5 perfume and Argan oil for my tresses are never far away. I do love the look of this oil and the bottle is divine.
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This sounds delightful! Nothing new these days in my beauty regimen. xo
ReplyDeleteI've started using L'Occitan After Shave Balm again. It helps soothe my razor- and sun-ravaged face.
ReplyDeleteBut it also keeps my skin looking fresh and youthful, to the point where female friends remark on it!
I'm going to write about it one of these days.
LBF: I'm in love with that dog you posted this morning.
DeleteI don't blame you. But I prefer the chick, who, as it happens, is a professional burlesque dancer in San Francisco.
DeleteDon't ask... ;-)
My husband loves L'Occitan After Shave Balm--it smells wondeful so I keep his supply well stocked. Leslie at Hostess has gotten me on to Sea Buckthorn. I have a face lotion from a company called Sibu and the oil from The Original Sea Buckthorn Company. It has been fab for my skin!! It has also helped my rosacea--my mother has noticed its effects after just two weeks. Miracle cure??
ReplyDeleteDannie: Oh so your hubs and LBF both use it, I must sniff this out too. I love how many of us have a touch of roseacea!
ReplyDeleteHubs has just developed it and been put onto antibiotics for it - doubt that will help, we'll see.
Hubs uses the Sandalwood line from the Art of Shaving, he normally has dry skin (esp in winter) and this line has helped tremendously.
Deleteoooh yesssss
ReplyDeletebourbon, cake, and trouble... we're kindred spirits
However, I'm beyond guilty of obsessing over scents. YSL Parissiene is my (and my beau) favorite.
I'm so glad to find you (and follow)!
x
Ashley Marie
I have always been a bit stuff and nonsense about beauty products believing them to be pretty much all the same (with the exception of their marketing budgets). However I have to confess that since slathering my face in PH Advantage's Lip Advantage (a Christmas present from a very high maintenance friend) I have had comments on how fresh faced my skin is looking so may be there is something in it afterall.
DeleteHello Tabitha:
ReplyDeleteHow exotic all of this looks and, no doubt, smells in that wonderful Rousseau inspired boudoir of yours. With just the merest hints of Jasmine and Saffron, we reckon that we could share the Voile Satin and both revel in the unctionness of it all!!
Nivea cold cream...swear by it!!
the name and the bottle makes me wanna buy it and to know that it contain jasmine and saffron sounds so intriguing! i should check where I can buy this :)
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I haven't got anything new, I'm afraid, because I tend to buy new stuff before I've finished the old stuff and so I have a cupboard of old stuff that really MUST be used up.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I was standing in teh post office the other day and was actually moved to ask the lady in front of me what perfume she was wearing - Sisley Eau Du Soir - probably too strong for you, but sort of dark, pomegranatey, expensiveness. I have to have it. I shall feel invincible when I wear it, like Darth Vader in sling-backs :-)
Ali x
PS Thank you so much for your comments, they gave me such a thrill when I eventually found them (still getting used to how it all works!).
DeleteI'm so glad you've found a scent you can enjoy. I, too, have trouble tolerating most perfumes except for ones by Annick Goutal -- those seem to work for me for whatever reason.
ReplyDeleteSomething new in my beauty arsenal? I'm in love with John Masters Organics dry hair nourishment & defrizzer. It's really helping my aging, colored hair.
Omg I've seen this and always been intrigued, it looks great!
ReplyDeletenostrilium? omg, you kill me! don't get me started on perfumes, ok, i'm just starting to settle down for the evening. i'm gonna have to try this new scent on my nostrilium, it sounds quite heavenly. xo janet
ReplyDeleteOh Janet, the smell still comes last, first the box, then the glass bottle, then the oil and only then the scent!
DeleteNew item: dark, dark nail polish. The color is "devil's advocate." I can't tell if it's me, but it's fun in the meantime.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a perfume person either and my mother-in-law gives me a bottle for my birthday and Christmas (she IS a perfume person). I smile, take it, and set it on my vanity with all the other bottles.
ReplyDeleteAs for new things in my arsenal... I'm loving Nuxe Multi-Usage Dry Oil at the moment, it's great for combatting dry winter skin. It gets me all glowy again :-)
Oh aren't dry oils just the bees knees, I love this one but still it will be Nivea of everyday and this one for special occasions.
DeleteThis is intriguing as I can't stand parfume either...I might now be lured by your approval of this scent, I do highly trust your 'nostrillium'.
ReplyDeletexo J~
(Bourbon, cake, and trouble...highly amusing!)
24Corners: It's the pretty bottle and oil that I love, I could still do without the smell but its bearable as it's so faint.
ReplyDeleteI actually came back to suss out others suggestions (Vicki Archer also did a great series of posts on French Essence). Two oldies that I will add to the list because they are so amazing: I have long been on the "no water on the face" kick and use Bioderma Crealine H2O to take off makeup at night at spritz my face with organic rosewater every morning--wakes me up better than coffee!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was 14 I used to go the chemist and have him make me up a bottle of rosewater and glycerine, I felt terribly fancy.
DeleteLooks great, I´ll have to try it! I am following you. Kisses! <3<3
ReplyDeleteGorgeous wall paper! I too like the look of the bottles, but don't wear perfume. I do like verbena soap and Dr Bonner's liquid lavender soap is my go to for travel. I am v.boring in the products department. Years of Clinique Turnaround Cream and no significant wrinkles in my 50's. Years of Bobbi Brown's foundation stick which is a GREAT way to hide circles, veins. Once a year I consider branching out, but then, would not like to do anything too rash.
ReplyDeleteLane wait till you see tomorrow's post - I need to hide my broken veins pronto!
DeleteHow does one pronounce "shhsppt"?!
ReplyDeleteLesson, please.
LBF: Don't American sprays say " shhsppt"? Maybe more twangy: shhsppaaat? Too German? Should I leave it alone now?
ReplyDeleteMy first ever cologne/after shave, whatever-Creed's millesime imperial. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. A great quote by coco Channel recently came to my attention. " A woman with out perfume is a woman without a future."
ReplyDeleteThat has struck terror into my heart, I have no perfume. Hmm...how to remedy this?
DeleteVery, very, very subtly.
DeleteOh think I will definitely have to check this out - me of the fair and ever-parched blue-white skin!!
ReplyDeleteI hate perfume - on the whole - it is sooo overpowering and gives me a blinding headache - i dont know why people think it makes them attractive - and you can spot the person who will knock you out at a thousand paces - yeeuch - i very very very occasionally smell someone with a very light hint of something natural and interesting but on the whole - not. In fact when it comes to perfume or beauty on the whole - i am a cheap date - who would have guessed - on the whole i am not but then you may have guessed that!! My tip - faith in nature - shampoo and conditioner amazing - hair sooo soft but not floppy, i am about to try some neem oil on my hair - and guess what - cheapo could not believe the price - have a good one xx
ReplyDeleteI'm allergic to most perfume but I'm ok with light floral scents. I am, however, in love with most of Diptyque candles. I very nearly stayed overnight the one time I visited their boutique on Westbourne Grove.
ReplyDeleteI don't like perfume either. The Diptyque's body oil sounds divine. I never think of buying stuff like this, must snoop around the next time I'm in a store. Maybe when we're on our trip.
ReplyDeleteI don't wear perfume. I simply cannot smell it. It smells like chemicals.
ReplyDeleteI hate it when close friends and family give me perfume as gifts, it makes me think they don't know me at all.
My husband does request that I wear Ralph Lauren - RALPH perfume on special occasions as he loves it. Sometimes I wear Chanel Coco but only if I am killing time before I leave the house.
My signature scent is coconut. I always have coconut oil or moisturiser on, without fail.
Amazing to read how many other people have problems with strong perfumes.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if age has something to do with it? Maybe Louise @ cosmetic bee could help me with this one?
Actually the new thing in my bathroom is an old thing...bicarbonate of soda. Brilliant for cleaning teeth, hair and anything else. I've become so sensitive to synthetic perfumes and the like that I have trouble finding products simple enough for my skin and hair. Olive oil is great of course, but I really need to find something for my hands quickly.
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Oooh cute little bottle too! I much prefer using oil, can't stand the feeling of putting freezing cold lotion on and then having to stand there like a pillock waiting for your skin to drink it in. Will start dropping hints NOW x
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