It’s Friday and the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Birthdays: Joe Medicine Crow, Dylan Thomas, Ruby Dee, Roy Lichtenstein, Sylvia Plath, John Cleese, Maxine Hong Kingston, Fran Lebowitz. Our community project for today is specialty woods… wear a perfume with guaiac, cypress, oak, or some other specialty wood note we haven’t already done (so far, we’ve covered oud, sandalwood, cedar and evergreens).

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 doing oak, in a little dab of Serge Lutens Chêne…

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It’s Friday! It’s also International Chefs Day, World Osteoporosis Day and Information Overload Day. Birthdays: Arthur Rimbaud, Jelly Roll Morton, Bela Lugosi, Tom Petty, Viggo Mortensen. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that evokes one of Pantone’s picks for the Autumn/Winter 2023/2024 NYFW Color Palette. (If you like, click through to the article and pick your fragrance based on the color name or description rather than the color itself, as in “Exuding the warmth and splendor of the sun, High Visibility expresses joy and good cheer.” or “Sturdy and steady Burnt Sienna conveys a sophisticated earthiness.” Also note that the set includes Viva Magenta, the color of the year…you could cheat and wear what you picked for that project.)

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 had Tender Peach plans for today, but instead I’m getting through the tail end of Covid. I’m commando and I slept in, again…

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