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Wednesday scent of the day 8/30

Posted by Robin on 30 August 2023 176 Comments

It’s Hump Day, National Toasted Marshmallow Day and National Slinky Day. Watch for the Super Blue Moon tonight! What fragrance are you wearing? 

I’m commando for a morning appointment, but I have Lush 25:43 queued up for my return.

Reminder: on 9/1, Rabbit rabbit rabbit…

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Tuesday scent of the day 8/29

Posted by Robin on 29 August 2023 192 Comments

It’s (Teapot) Tuesday. Birthdays: John Locke, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Ingrid Bergman, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Voyage d’Hermès, and drinking a cup of Iyerpadi Estate organic black tea from Upton.

Reminder: on 9/1, Rabbit rabbit rabbit…

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Monday scent of the day 8/28

Posted by Robin on 28 August 2023 168 Comments

It’s Monday, National Red Wine Day and the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington. Birthdays: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Edward Burne Jones, Robertson Davies, Janet Frame, Rita Dove. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Tauer Perfumes Rose Flash (and a lot of it, since I totally forgot I’d pried out the rollerball — I basically poured it on).

Reminder: on 9/1, Rabbit rabbit rabbit…

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Friday scent of the day 8/25

Posted by Robin on 25 August 2023 163 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National Banana Split Day! (Plus a few birthdays: Leonard Bernstein, Sean Connery, Wayne Shorter, Martin Amis, Elvis Costello.) Our community project: Do whatever you like with the banana split 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 doing vanilla + nuts + cherries, again, this time in the old-school cult classic The People of the Labyrinths Luctor et Emergo…

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Thursday scent of the day 8/24

Posted by Robin on 24 August 2023 108 Comments

It’s Almost-Friday, National Peach Pie Day, National Waffle Day, International Strange Music Day and Pluto Demoted Day. Literary birthdays: Max Beerbohm, Jean Rhys, Jorge Luis Borges, A.S. Byatt, Paulo Coelho de Souza, Oscar Hijuelos. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m copying LizzieB yesterday, in Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto.

Reminder: 8/25 is National Banana Split Day…

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