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Thursday scent of the day 2/24

Posted by Robin on 24 February 2022 166 Comments

Happy Fat Thursday! It’s also World Bartender Day and National Toast Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Demeter Gingerale for Crackerbox Palace, 1976, admittedly not my favorite George Harrison song but the video always makes me smile.

Reminder: 2/25 is George Harrison’s birthday…

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Wednesday scent of the day 2/23

Posted by Robin on 23 February 2022 136 Comments

It’s Hump Day and National Banana Bread Day. Birthdays today: Samuel Pepys, W. E. B. Du Bois. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m copying tiffanie, with Fendi Theorema for George Harrison’s My Sweet Lord, from All Things Must Pass, 1970.

Reminder: 2/25 is George Harrison’s birthday…

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Tuesday scent of the day 2/22

Posted by Robin on 22 February 2022 147 Comments

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

I’m in (original) Dior Eau Sauvage, issued the same year (1966) as George Harrison’s Taxman, from the album Revolver. Tea at the moment is Upton Christmas Tea.

Reminder: 2/25 is George Harrison’s birthday…

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Monday scent of the day 2/21

Posted by Robin on 21 February 2022 158 Comments

It’s Monday and Presidents’ Day. Also, International Mother Language Day, and a few birthdays: Anaïs Nin, WH Auden, Nina Simone, John Lewis, Alan Rickman. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in My Burberry.

Reminder: 2/25 is George Harrison’s birthday…

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Friday scent of the day 2/18

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2022 210 Comments

It’s Friday (also, Drink Wine Day, Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, plus a bunch of birthdays: John Travolta, Yoko Ono, Paco Rabanne, Toni Morrison, Louis Comfort Tiffany). Our community project for today: testing, testing, 1 2 3…wear a perfume (or more than one) that you have never worn before, and tell us about it. (This is almost certainly a repeat.)

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’ve been saving my sample of Arielle Shoshana Friday for today, so points for me. It’s pretty much exactly as described, thus it’s the perfect antidote to the howling winds outside (we have already lost power once this morning)…

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