Pink and Green Thursday Goes to Disney

Since I was in Disney last week, I just had to make that my pink and green theme. There's an awful lot of it to be found there!












And last but not least, we end the day with...

Pink and Green Thursday - The Scented Edition, Part II

Last week, I talked about perfume on Thursday and since it's one of my favorite hobbies, I'm doing it again this week. Instead of pink and green perfumes, this week I have pink and green fragrance notes. Notes are the building blocks that make up a scent. Some have only a few and other very complex scents have more than a hundred different notes blended together to make one multilayered perfume! Here are some pink and green notes for you:


I love peonies! They smell so gorgeous, and it seems like there have been tons of peony scents out there. Banana Republic did a pretty one several years back, and Guerlain's Pivoine Magnifica is just beautiful.


The sharp green of vetiver grass spikes many a perfume. This grass is native to India but grown in many tropical regions, and its oil is prized in many different types of perfumes because it has excellent fixative properties and, depending on the quantity used, it can blend well to create a variety of different moods. You can find it in everything from very, fresh and springy scents to dark, mysterious and spicy ones.


In summer, pink grapefruit is so refreshing! I love grapefruity scents this time of year.


I know the blossoms are technically white, but lily of the valley has such a fresh green scent. Fragrances with lily of the valley are often classified as "green" or "green floral" in perfume references, so I figure it counts.


I don't think you can talk pink without pretty pink roses. Does anyone remember a fragrance Elizabeth Arden made called True Love? The perfume itself was a lovely pink, and it smelled so pretty and rosy.


And just like I can't talk pink without pink roses, I can't talk green without galbanum. This resin, which comes from a plant native to Iran, has medicinal properties and also gives many perfumes a hint of something herbal or simply intensely green.

Happy Thursday!

Pink and Green Thursday - The Scented Edition, Part I

I love Pink and Green Thursday and I love perfume. Tons of scents fit this category, so I thought I'd share a few:

First up - Fleur d'Interdit came out in 1994, and was very big at my college. Lots of girls wore Sunflowers and Pleasures, but this sweet floral touched with fruit had a following, too. I still wear it every now and again for nostalgia value. I love the bottle!

Cabotine de Gres is a warm green scent that's beautiful and very feminine. I find it sparkly and vivacious, and I think it would go well with Lilly.

I cannot mention green perfumes without Balmain's Vent Vert. This beauty from the 1940s has been reformulated several times and it's not as astringent and sharp as it used to be. Still a classic, though.

Yves St. Laurent's Paris has been around since the 1980s, and I think of it as the quintessential pink scent. It's sweet, rosy, and very girly.

Estee Lauder Pink Coral (a spinoff of Pure White Linen) is another pinky scent that I think would be perfect for a preppy summer. It's light, slightly fruity, but also touched with what smells to me like the breeze over the ocean. Very nice.

And of course you can't mention pink and green perfume without Lilly Pulizer Wink. Isn't this cute! I know Miss Janice would approve.

Happy Thursday to all!

Pink and Green Thursday - The Food Edition

So, why a food edition? I was eating watermelon last night, with just a tiny bit of salt, and it was perfect.
The pink was perfectly ripe, the rind was the perfect deep green. It was a moment of bliss. And now that I have at least one of my blog friends shuddering (sorry!), here are some more pink and green food delights:

When it's eleventy hundred and one degrees outside, I cannot live without limeade.

Frou frou pink drinks would not be amiss, either.

And here's a cute variant on black and whites, courtesy of Slashfood

And my obsession with pink and green cake continues. This one, cached from a UK bakery that appears to have gone out of business is hilarious!

Hope everyone has a lovely pink and green day!

Pink and Green Thursday - the "I Spy" edition

This week I'm playing along for my first Pink and Green Thursday. I thought I'd post some goodies I'd seen in my travels around the internet. First up is Beauty Story, which is having a sale on Caron perfumes. They don't do referral links, but if you'd like an invite, please email me and I'll get you one. Among the treasures there today is the soft, powdery Fleurs de Rocaille. This one has been around since 1934, and is a beautiful, very feminine scent. And doesn't it look lovely?



The men aren't left out either. For them, we've got the nice green of Caron pour Homme. Isn't that a lovely shade of green?



And then I headed over to my budget downfall - EBay. That place gets me every time! I saw all kinds of lovely pink and green on offer there, and here are a few highlights. First of all, I am in love with this Lilly Pulitzer girls' dress. I had one very similar when I was little!



And this craft ribbon is pretty cute too:



I also like this pink and green glass vase.



Though for a real handbag, Etsy has all kinds of options. This print from DragonDesigns has a very retro look and I'd wear it to spice up one of my neutral work suits.



And for the babies and toddlers, here's a little headband from PrincynParis:



Hope everyone has a good pink and green day!