It’s Friday, National Fritters Day and the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery. Happy Birthday to Britney Spears! Our community project for today is Ancient Resins…wear a fragrance with a significant resin component, or one inspired by ancient history. Thank you Desirae for the suggestion!

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.

Me: I feel almost vaguely human but I’m still pretty sick considering I’m on day 7 (WaPo: So far, this flu season is more severe than it has been in 13 years). So far I have zero interest in wearing fragrance…

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It’s Black Friday! And I slept in, sorry! (It’s also Native American Heritage Day, plus we have a few birthdays: James Agee, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Nye.) 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.

I’m in Monocle + Comme des Garçons Scent One: Hinoki — I’ve been making do with decants for years…

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