It’s Friday and World Mental Health Day. Birthdays: Lilly Daché, R. K. Narayan, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Thelonious Monk, Harold Pinter, John Prine. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with nutmeg, if you have one. 

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.

Double points for me: Fendi Theorema on one arm, Comptoir Sud Pacifique L’Eau du Gouverneur on the other (plus, a sprinkle of nutmeg on my tea and John Prine singing Lake Marie in the background)…

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Happy Friday! Birthdays today: Eleonora Duse, Pierre Bonnard, Thomas Wolfe, James Herriot, Chubby Checker. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that you feel is misunderstood or underappreciated, either by your fellow perfumistas or by others around you. 

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.

It is not the most misunderstood, but Acqua di Parma Iris Nobile Eau de Toilette never got the same attention as the very different Eau de Parfum version (although I do know there are a few fans here). They’re both discontinued now anyway…

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