Happy Friday and happy Repeal Day! And a very happy 90th birthday to Calvin Trillin. For today’s community project, we’re celebrating World Soil Day. Wear something earthy, or something that reminds you of plants growing, or do something else creative with the theme.
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 went with the obvious: CB I Hate Perfume M#2 Black March…
It’s Black Friday aka Buy Nothing Day, and Native American Heritage Day. (Also, National French Toast Day.) Birthdays: William Blake, Nancy Mitford, Berry Gordy, Randy Newman, Jon Stewart, Martin Clunes. Our community project for today: pick your Black Friday poison…wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it’s too expensive. (We’ve done this project several times.)
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.
Unless I am forgetting something (which is quite possible) the last thing I bought was a decant of Imaginary Authors Dipped in Chocolate, and that’s what I’m wearing today…
It’s Friday, plus World Hello Day and World Television Day. Birthdays: Voltaire, René Magritte, Coleman Hawkins, Elizabeth George Speare, Marilyn French. Our community project for today: wear a favorite vintage fragrance and tell us why you love it (and if you like, tell us about any memories it might conjure up for you). If you don’t have a favorite vintage fragrance, wear something you think you’d still love 20 years from now. (Adapted from a suggestion by DeniseH.)
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.
No surprises here: I’m in vintage Diorissimo. It’s no longer quite pristine but it still smells like springtime. I have worn it for so many years it’s hard to say what memories it conjures up, but I can still remember how pleased I was as a young teen to have that houndstooth bottle on my dresser. I always bought the splash bottle and dabbed it behind my ears and on my wrists…
It’s Friday, plus National Pickle Day and World Diabetes Day. Our community project for today: for Claude Monet’s birthday, wear a fragrance that reflects the spirit of Impressionism (Wikipedia: “characterized by visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage of time), ordinary subject matter, unusual visual angles, and inclusion of movement as a crucial element of human perception and experience”) or scent a favorite Impressionist painting, or do something else creative with the theme.
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 jumping on the iris train, in Honoré des Prés I Love Les Carottes.
Reminder: on 11/21, wear a favorite vintage fragrance…
It’s Friday and National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day. Birthdays: Ruby Hurley, Albert Camus, Al Hirt, Joni Mitchell. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with vetiver, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2017.)
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 smelling delicious in Hermès Vetiver Tonka. I might wear this all weekend…