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Tuesday scent of the day 12/30

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It’s the last Tuesday of 2025, plus National Bacon Day, the sixth day of Christmas (geese a-laying) and the fifth day of Kwanzaa (Nia: purpose). Birthdays: Rudyard Kipling, Paul Bowles, Bo Diddley and Patti Smith. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m wearing Chopard Néroli à la Cardamome du Guatemala. Tea at the moment is a blend of Bombay Breakfast and Hao Ya Select Keemun, both from The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co. 

Reminder: on 1/2, wear a fragrance to match Cloud Dancer, Pantone’s color of the year for 2026…

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Friday scent of the day 12/26

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It’s Friday, plus Boxing Day aka the second day of Christmas, Candy Cane Day and the first day of Kwanzaa. Happy Birthday to David Sedaris!  Our community project for today is Best of 2025…wear your favorite new release of the year, or your favorite purchase of the year, or the fragrance you wore the most in 2025, or interpret this project however you like. (We’ve done this project several times.)

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 did not smell enough new fragrances this year to really do the project, but I am wearing a 2025 release: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Black Death Cherry…

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Happy Holidays!

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Happy Holidays! We’ll be back on Friday.

In the meantime, feel free to talk about whatever you like: what perfume you’re wearing today, what you’re cooking (or eating) over the holidays, anything at all.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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