It’s Tuesday and Root Beer Float Day. Birthdays: Andy Warhol, M. Night Shyamalan, Lucille Ball, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m running late already, so I’m just in my DIY scented lotion (ylang + sweet orange). I will pick a (real) fragrance in the late afternoon. Tea at the moment is from my blend of random Upton black tea samples, with a sprinkle of nutmeg.
Reminder: on 8/9, we’re off to Greece…
Most commercial production of vanilla is in Madagascar, Mexico and Tahiti. As the world warms, cyclones and storms in these regions are growing stronger, toppling the orchid blossoms and vanilla beans before they get a chance to fully mature. In 2017 a Category 4-equivalent cyclone devastated an estimated 30 percent of the vanilla vines in Madagascar, which produces 80 percent of the vanilla used around the globe. As a result, the price of vanilla bean pods surged to nearly $300 a pound.
— Read more in This Is How the World’s Favorite Scent Disappears at New York Times.
Saturday is National Watermelon Day, Sunday is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, Monday is National Couscous Day. We’re marking all the food holidays with our usual open thread poll.
Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, what you’re cooking and eating this weekend, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
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