Well, That was a Bust

A few days ago, I turned 44. It seemed like it was just not a good birthday no matter how you wanted to hash it. Family pretty much forgot it was my birthday and seemed to gone on their merry way with whatever they had planned and it seemed to be kind of late in the day before anyone actually remembered. The older I get, the less I want to go out to eat or just out in general. People started to get pushy when I said no on going out to eat. It was a big mess and nothing happens. So it was a bust.

But here is where the second bust was, I was poking around Luckyscent and looking at the sales. I had noticed that Number One Intense was on sale. Even though it was a one ounce bottle for $70, it was better than $115. I put it in my shopping cart but I see that it is now sold out and should have just got it when I had the chance, even though I already have two bottles. Maybe I will get the chance next year or when Christmas rolls around.

I did try to snag a bottle of Worth Courtesan on fragrance net and that didn't pan out either. You know what I did snag? A one ounce bottle of Narciso Rodriguez for her in the black bottle. It just seems like I am striking out on a few things right  now. I just wants some things to start going right.

End of Vacation/Summer and Sundowner Review

 

So, my vacation is just about over. I reason I say it is just about over is that I have to go back to work tomorrow and I am not looking forward to it. Did I make any progress with binge watching Grantchester? Nope but played a fair bit of Halo Campaign Evolved. I did go to that Rob Zombie concert on Wednesday. Four bands in a single concert was a little too much. Orgy was absolute garbage, The Hu's instruments was drowning out the singing and Mongolian throat singing is pretty deep sounding, Rob Zombie was just too much for me. Marilyn Manson became a big thing when I was in middle school and never got around to listening to him, I was starting to get into the Smashing Pumpkins then. But holy shit, was Marilyn Manson good. He was the one that really impressed me. I would go and see Marilyn Manson in concert again but not when there are 3 other bands performing.

There were some minor mentions on the Perfume Posse about L'Heure Bleu and did see what the bottle looked like. I had initially thought that Guerlain had just did something with the bottle, but this is pretty much a whole new perfume and I thought that there would be more of the traditional Guerlain offerings at Ulta. You know, something Like Apres L'Ondee, or maybe Mitsouko but nope, just this strange version of the original L'Heure Bleu. L'Heure de Nuit was a homage to the original and you could smell it. I had almost wasted my Ulta rewards points on a 1 ounce bottle but didn't. It was 2 in the morning and that is when I lose a lot of things, like restraint and reading compression. But somehow managed to not go through with it. I would like to get some kind of sample first before I commit. So I backed out of that purchase.

I didn't drag anything that I haven't worn in forever out nor did I go wearing Cheirosa 62 or Infusion d'iris. The most notable thing was that I wore was Andy Tauer Sundowner. I do think Sundowner is not really a great name for a perfume, it conjures up the memories of my grandmother sundowning when the dementia was quickly becoming apparent to the world. But I did spend time wearing at least 1 new thing and now reviewing it.

Sundowner is definitely a Tauer offering. I noticed that the Tauer base seemed to be a little bigger than I remember but it has been a long time since I have worn any kind of Tauer offering often enough. The notes that really stuck out was the cinnamon and the chocolate. I will admit that I am not so sure that I like cinnamon as a dominant note in perfume but I have never liked chocolate as a perfume note. I want to eat my chocolate and not wear it. It is I just can't make heads or tails of this one right now and will probably have to give this another go before a proper review can be done.