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Tuesday scent of the day 2/23

Posted by Robin on 23 February 2021 244 Comments

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

I’m drinking a cup of Numi Chinese Breakfast, brewed with roasted cocoa nibs and cardamom. Fragrance at the moment is Diptyque Volutes.

Reminder: 2/26 is Levi Strauss Day…

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Monday scent of the day 2/22

Posted by Robin on 22 February 2021 235 Comments

It’s another Monday, and my town is expecting another day of snow. Luckily it’s also 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 keeping warm, and trying to wake up, in Chanel Bois des Iles, in the extrait.

Reminder: 2/26 is Levi Strauss Day…

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Friday scent of the day 2/19

Posted by Robin on 19 February 2021 260 Comments

Happy Friday, and welcome to the Picture Challenge, edition 6. Our community project for today: wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is The Girl by the Window by Edvard Munch, 1893. (More reading here and here; full image shown below, larger copy of the image 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 selected this picture because it seemed a good fit with the pandemic,* but turns out it also fits our local weather — everything outside is currently covered with a rather impressive layer of ice. I’m in Diptyque Tam Dao, which after all these years is still my favorite fragrance for keeping calm and carrying on…

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Thursday scent of the day 2/18

Posted by Robin on 18 February 2021 198 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Drink Wine Day and Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day (why not do both), plus we have a few birthdays: John Travolta, Yoko Ono, Paco Rabanne, Toni Morrison, Louis Comfort Tiffany. (And if like us, you are getting more snow: happy snow day and hope you have power). What fragrance are you wearing?

For today’s image, I went literal: Bvlgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Bleu.

Reminder: on 2/19, we’re doing the Picture Challenge, edition 6…

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Wednesday scent of the day 2/17

Posted by Robin on 17 February 2021 221 Comments

Hump Day plus Random Acts of Kindness Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m matching today’s cheerful image with Aftelier Candide.

Reminder: on 2/19, we’re doing the Picture Challenge, edition 6…

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