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Tuesday scent of the day 2/28

Posted by Robin on 28 February 2023 185 Comments

It’s Tuesday and the last day of February. Birthdays: Linus Pauling and Bernadette Peters. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in L’Artisan Parfumeur Histoire d’Orangers. Tea at the moment is a lipstick mix: China black tea plus a pinch of Kusmi Violette and a pinch of Art of Tea Rose Black.

Reminder: 3/3 is World Wildlife Day….

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Monday scent of the day 2/27

Posted by Robin on 27 February 2023 207 Comments

It’s the last Monday in February, plus International Polar Bear Day (I found out too late to change the picture, but see 2021), Pokémon Day, World NGO Day and Anosmia Awareness Day. Birthdays: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Steinbeck, Mildred Bailey, Dexter Gordon and Elizabeth Taylor. What fragrance are you wearing?

Thanks to a kind reader, I’m trying April Aromatics Liquid Dreams, so I smell like a sunny morning in June.

Reminder: 3/3 is World Wildlife Day….

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Friday scent of the day 2/24

Posted by Robin on 24 February 2023 217 Comments

It’s World Bartender Day, plus, Steampunk Friday! Our community project for today: do whatever you like with the steampunk theme. Suggested by JB and seconded by a bunch of other readers. (And if you need inspiration for this project, see JB’s comment here.)

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 in Prada Homme / Prada Man, which struck me as the perfect retro-modern fragrance to go with the D&G fashions shown above (Prada had lots of similar steampunk-ish men’s fashion campaigns, but I was taken with this image)…

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Thursday scent of the day 2/23

Posted by Robin on 23 February 2023 129 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Banana Bread Day! Birthdays today: Samuel Pepys, W. E. B. Du Bois. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m commando for a plane ride home — our vacation is over. Chances are I’ll spray on some Diptyque Philosykos tonight.

Reminder: 2/24 will be Steampunk Friday…

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Wednesday scent of the day 2/22

Posted by Robin on 22 February 2023 130 Comments

It’s Hump Day plus National Margarita Day. Birthdays: George Washington, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Horace Pippin, Edward Gorey, Kyle MacLachlan, Steve Irwin. What fragrance are you wearing?

I am still on vacation (we head home tomorrow) with my one fragrance, the not-very-steampunk Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum. 

Reminder: 2/24 will be Steampunk Friday…

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