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Friday scent of the day 1/24

Posted by Robin on 24 January 2025 196 Comments

Happy Friday and happy National Peanut Butter Day! Birthdays: Edith Wharton, Neil Diamond, Aaron Neville, John Belushi. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with benzoin, if you have one.

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 joining the Prada Candy train…

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Thursday scent of the day 1/23

Posted by Robin on 23 January 2025 95 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Pie Day! As of this writing, there are 55 days, 19 hours and 42 minutes until spring! Birthdays: Stendhal, Édouard Manet, Derek Walcott. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m racking up more benzoin points in Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue.

Reminder: on 1/24, wear a fragrance with benzoin, if you have one…

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Wednesday scent of the day 1/22

Posted by Robin on 22 January 2025 111 Comments

It’s Hump Day and National Hot Sauce Day. Birthdays: John Donne, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, Beatrice Webb, George Balanchine, Sam Cooke. What fragrance are you wearing?

More benzoin points for me, in Imaginary Authors Dipped in Chocolate.

Reminder: on 1/24, wear a fragrance with benzoin, if you have one…

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Tuesday scent of the day 1/21

Posted by Robin on 21 January 2025 129 Comments

It’s Tuesday and Christian Dior’s birthday, plus International Sweatpants Day. What fragrance are you wearing?

I am taking benzoin points in Hermès Eau des Merveilles layered with Eau Claire des Merveilles.

Reminder: on 1/24, wear a fragrance with benzoin, if you have one…

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Friday scent of the day 1/17

Posted by Robin on 17 January 2025 179 Comments

Happy Friday! Birthdays today: Benjamin Franklin, Anne Brontë, Betty White, Eartha Kitt. RIP David Lynch. Our community project for today: we’re focusing on Betty White (1922-2021). Do absolutely whatever you like with the theme. If you need it: Betty White: A legacy of saucy joy that never grew old at The Christian Science Monitor, Why Betty White is so awesome at Today, Betty White, Progressive Superhero of TV History at Peabody Awards.

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.

Huge thanks to therabbitsflower for reminding me that Betty White did a cameo on the TV series Community way back in 2010. She was only in 2 episodes, primarily in the Season 2 opener “Anthropology 101“, where she played Professor June Bauer. (She was also in a brief end tag at the end of episode 3). I decided that called for silly, so I’m in Jean Paul Gaultier Ma Dame…

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