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2023 / Browsing by date: September 2023

Lazy weekend poll ~ open thread, September / October 2023

Posted by Robin on 30 September 2023 144 Comments

Saturday is the last day of September (don’t forget the swapmeet is still open!); Sunday is the first day of October (don’t forget your rabbits, and start adding up those receipts because Donatella will be dropping by on Tuesday). 

We’re marking the changing of the month with our routine open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you’re falling out of love with, whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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Aftelier Hey Jude ~ new fragrance

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2023 12 Comments

Indie natural line Aftelier has launched Hey Jude, a new rose fragrance…

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Devotion

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2023 Leave a Comment

Katy Perry for Dolce & Gabbana Devotion. Update: the video has been replaced with the longer version.

L’Occitane Barbotine, Melilot & Noble Epine ~ new fragrances

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2023 6 Comments

L’Occitane has launched Forgotten Flowers, a new trio of fragrances. Barbotine, Melilot and Noble Epine were inspired by “forgotten” perfumery notes…

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Friday scent of the day 9/29

Posted by Robin on 29 September 2023 248 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National Coffee Day! It’s also World Heart Day and International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. RIP Michael Gambon. Birthdays today: Elizabeth Gaskell, Colin Dexter and Diana Vreeland. Our community project for today: Wear one of Vreeland’s favorite perfumes (reportedly YSL Opium and Chanel No. 5), or wear something equally bold, or wear something from her posthumous perfume line, or take inspiration from a Diana Vreeland quote (more here), or ?

What fragrance did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m redoing yesterday, since I was out sick…I’m in Myrrhe Églantine for the deliciously ludicrous Vreeland quote “Why don’t you…have an elk hide trunk for the back of your car? Hermès of Paris will make this”… 

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