It’s Tuesday and the second day of Autumn. (Musical birthdays today: John Lomax, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Julio Iglesias, Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I am commando because I’m still pretty sick. I just finished a cup of Cascadia Breakfast from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co and I’ve got a pot of Rose Hip + Hibiscus + cinnamon chunks brewing.
Reminder: 9/26 is the first Friday in Autumn…
The swapmeet is open for business! Meanwhile, a lazy weekend poll. As always, answer as many or as few questions as you like, or just talk about something else.
1. Describe a perfume that you wish existed but doesn’t, so far as you know, and tell us what brand (or what perfumer) should make it.
2. Name a book that has stayed with you years after reading it, and what’s the best matching perfume? (And PSA, our fall reading poll is coming up next month.)
3. You can have one bottle of perfume from any store in the world, top price $350. Don’t overthink it, it’s just a fantasy — name your pick!
4. Share something wonderful with us! It can be anything — any bit of good news, a fantastic TV series you’re binge-watching, something delicious you cooked recently, something fun you did — really, anything.
Ahoy! It’s Friday and International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Our community project for today: get as creative as you like with the pirate theme. Wear a fragrance inspired by a pirate or piracy, wear something you bought so cheap it was a steal, steal an idea from someone else, whatever!
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.
My plan today was to wear something inspired by “Pirate Queen” Zheng Yi Sao. Instead, I’m sick, and hoping to get back to bed pretty soon…
Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Greta Garbo’s birthday, International Equal Pay Day and National Cheeseburger Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am pirating Lovestosmellgood…I’m in Hermès Eau des Merveilles for seawater and salty air.
Reminder: 9/19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day…
It’s Wednesday and International Country Music Day (aka Hank Williams’ birthday). More birthdays: Billy the Kid, William Carlos Williams, Ken Kesey. What fragrance are you wearing?
For Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, which I never did read, and which may or may not have been partly inspired by what was then called Isla de Pinos off the coast of Cuba, I’m wearing L’Artisan Havana Vanille.
Reminder: 9/19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day…