#bluemonday

Honestly I'm sick of hearing about Blue Monday, the brand emails have been streaming in since last week ("feeling blue? use our code for 20% off...", argh), but here I am talking about it! I actually have been a bit 'meh' today, motivation is zero, but I thought I'd interrupt my own backlog LOTD posts with what I did actually wear today and of course, I made it blue.

The lipstick, I've worn many times before, it's more rosy than it looks here and whilst it isn't blue, the case is. The packaging whilst cute, feels too light and cheap to me. First time wearing the Fenty gloss, the Ice version is a cooling, lip plumper. It really does feel minty cool. It didn't hurt at all, I wouldn't even say it tingles, just whoosh-refreshing! The two were cute together.

You know what, why don't I wear blue fragrances all week? Anything predominantly blue (liquid/bottle), I should have enough (maybe). I've worn Blue Orchid once before (ironically in the week in November that I'm currently trying to catch up on in these posts).

(From Fragrantica): Blue Orchid is a floral, woody, musk fragrance by Alexandra Carlin, released in 2021.

Top Notes; Lemon, Apple Middle Notes; Iris, Orchid Base Notes; Musk and Tonka Bean.

I get the apple (not the lemon) and to be honest it's not a note I'm usually keen on in fragrances as it smells a bit rubbery to me. Here everything is subtle though, there's no one note drowning out another and as a whole, it's a very quiet scent, not a screamer. It avoids going soapy or overly powdery, whilst still giving 'clean laundry' vibes, it's a very calm fragrance. I sprayed a lot of it today and can still smell it on my arm 10 hours later, so longevity is great (esp. for an EDT) but it's never projected at any time of the day, it just sits in the background. It's there if you choose to smell it.