Happy Toontown Friday! Our community project for today: scent a favorite cartoon character. Thanks go to Jalapeno for the idea.

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 more old school French: Dior Eau Sauvage for the Pink Panther, who I adored as a child, still adore now, and can hardly separate from the fantastic theme music by Henry Mancini. (The Sauvage name presumably fits for a panther, even if this one is more silly than wild, and the smell is just right for the “60s cool” theme music…)

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Happy Friday! It’s also International Carrot Day. Birthdays: Dorothea Dix, Muddy Waters, Marguerite Duras, Maya Angelou. Our community project for today: wear a perfume that makes you think of clouds, fog, mist or haze. It could be anything that feels soft-focus, silvery, or a little ethereal, or maybe it’s the perfume that wraps around you like a thick, scented cloud. Thanks go to Glannys 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.

I went with Cartier Baiser Volé, which has already come up in the comments this week quite a few times…

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