ALL THE KNITTING

Today I've had the day off, the Boy has been at school and the other half has been being domestic. As such I have used the day to knit.

I finally got the Neverending shawl finished and it's now blocking on the board.

I've now cast on some fingerless gloves for my mum's boyfriend, he's currently repairing a boat and it tends to get cold, so I thought some fingerless gloves would be useful.

The pattern I'm using is lovely and features a stitch I've never used before, the lateral braid which is cool and I'm really happy with how it turned out for my first attempt!

Choices choices

You know it's been really hard to choose between Oshun and Blackwood Sugar, thery are both gorgeous perfumes.

I've spent the last few days alternating between the two trying to choose. 

Although they both have slightly spicy under notes (both containing clove & cinnamon) the top notes differ. The amber in Oshun gives it the scent of a deep and exotic incense, as you would expect to find burning on the alter of a goddess (or Orisha) of love and beauty. While the sugar and ginger in Blackwood Sugar makes it smell like the ingredients for a spicy, warming and tasty cake. 

I've finally decided that Blackwood Sugar is my favourite of the two, and will be my 3rd perfume.

So that's Blackwood Sugar, Cherry Kiss and Cinnamon Bird. 

On the knitting front, I have now named the shawl, the never ending shawl. Honestly it just goes on and on. Although, I am actually really near the end now, thank the gods. It's because its a bottom up shawl, each row is bigger than the last! 

It's the right house baby I was sorted this way!

So today I have been wearing Honey Badger again, and it's been interesting. I definitely picked up more on the musk scents this time, the musk was actually quite strong first thing, before it calmed down at which point you could pick up the honeycomb and the chocolate. It's actually quite a feminine scent.

I do like it, but I'm not sure it'll be a good counterbalance to Cinnamon Bird.

So, this one stays firm at 7/10

However, it does give me chance to say I was sorted this way!

Seriously, if you haven't checked out Not Literally go do it. You can thank me later.

Decisions decisions

So I shall definitely be ordering a big bottle of Cinnamon Bird,

And a small bottle of Cherry Kiss to wear for Christmas.

But I also want a third bottle to alternate with Cinnamon Bird... And I don't know which to pick. So I'm going to re-wear my top picks over the next few days and pick my last choice.

The three I want to try again are Blackwood Sugar, Honey Badger and Oshun,

Although Pumpkin Nuit and Caramel Chai both also scored high, Pumpkin Nuit really was perfect for Samhain but not one I'd probably get a lot of wear from, and Caramel Chai, although gorgeous faded too quickly.

I've spent the day baking, cooking and knitting... very domestic! But I desperately need to get this bloomin' shawl finished!!!

Last but not least...

It's the last of my samples today.

Today is a lazy day in our house, it's been a really busy week, and I'm just knackered. 

Today's perfume is Bastet, a mix of honey shea butter, saffron,  rose, coconut & chai.

The scent is obviously named after the Goddess of cats, protection, joy, dance, music, and love.

I wasn't a big fan of this in the sniff test, but its actually really pleasant on. More floral than I would usually wear, but the shea butter and honey counter balance the rose and coconut nicely. Its soft, floral and feminine, but not too sweet.

8/10

I'm hoping I can get back into the knitting tonight, it's November now, not long to go till Christmas!!

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Ok. Need an addendum to today's entry, after its been on a while, the only thing you can really smell is the rose, and as my OH politely pointed told me, it smells a bit like a bathroom deodorant! Not quite what I was going for!

5/5