It’s Almost-Friday and Global Handwashing Day. (Plus, World Students’ Day and a couple birthdays, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse). What fragrance are you wearing?

Me: staying cozy in Donna Karan Black Cashmere.

Reminder: on 10/16 we’re going back to the beginning…

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Hump Day, World Standards Day and National Dessert Day (oops, I celebrated that last night). We have a whole bunch of birthdays: Katherine Mansfield, E. E. Cummings, Hannah Arendt, Roger Moore, Ralph Lauren, Usher. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in the first Frédéric Malle fragrance I ever smelled (I think — at any rate, it’s the first one I took notes on, and my notes say “magical”), En Passant.

Reminder: on 10/16 we’re going back to the beginning…

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Happy Tuesday and happy Ada Lovelace Day! It’s also the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, and a happy 79th to Paul Simon. (More birthdays: Art Tatum, Lenny Bruce.) What fragrance are you wearing?

Yesterday I was in The People of the Labyrinths Luctor et Emergo, and today I’m in its distant cousin and the first fragrance I tried from Uncle Serge, Rahät Loukoum. Tea at the moment is Mariage Frères French Breakfast, which is not a favorite but I am determined to use it up, eventually, some day.

Reminder: on 10/16 we’re going back to the beginning…

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Monday again, ready or not. Also, Freethought Day, plus Columbus Day and/or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. (Shhh, we’re not walking into that political minefield.) What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in a fragrance I sampled very soon after falling down the rabbit hole, The People of the Labyrinths Luctor et Emergo — still perfect for a rainy Monday morning in October.

Reminder: on 10/16 we’re going back to the beginning…

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