It’s almost Thanksgiving and we’re (hopefully) enjoying the calm before the holiday festivities with our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, any cooking or travel (or perfume shopping? just curling up with a good book?) plans you might have this week, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
It’s Friday, plus World Hello Day and World Television Day. Birthdays: Voltaire, René Magritte, Coleman Hawkins, Elizabeth George Speare, Marilyn French. Our community project for today: wear a favorite vintage fragrance and tell us why you love it (and if you like, tell us about any memories it might conjure up for you). If you don’t have a favorite vintage fragrance, wear something you think you’d still love 20 years from now. (Adapted from a suggestion by DeniseH.)
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.
No surprises here: I’m in vintage Diorissimo. It’s no longer quite pristine but it still smells like springtime. I have worn it for so many years it’s hard to say what memories it conjures up, but I can still remember how pleased I was as a young teen to have that houndstooth bottle on my dresser. I always bought the splash bottle and dabbed it behind my ears and on my wrists…
Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also World Children’s Day and World Philosophy Day. Birthdays: Nadine Gordimer, June Christy, Dr. John, Duane Allman. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: I am heading home today after a few days out of town, and commando other than my DIY ylang and sweet orange lotion. The vintage fragrance I was thinking about today: a very old sample of Edmond Roudnitska’s lovely Dior-Dior from the 1970s, which I drained in no time and remember wistfully, and which would be a perfect match for Duane Allman playing guitar with Dickey Betts on Blue Sky.
Reminder: on 11/21, wear a favorite vintage fragrance and tell us why you love it…
It’s Wednesday and International Men’s Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Me: same as yesterday. I am still out of town, and commando other than my DIY ylang and sweet orange lotion. The vintage fragrance I was thinking about this morning: a long gone tiny bottle of vintage Patou Joy, which was maybe the best floral I ever smelled.
Reminder: on 11/21, wear a favorite vintage fragrance and tell us why you love it…
It’s Tuesday. Birthdays today: Johnny Mercer, Alan Shephard, Margaret Atwood, Wilma Mankiller. What fragrance are you wearing?
I am still out of town, and commando other than my DIY ylang and sweet orange lotion. The vintage fragrance I was thinking about this morning: my long since used-up, very old solid compact of Piguet Fracas, which was a nice, close-to-the-skin way to wear a sometimes overwhelming big white floral. Somewhere I also still have a mini of the Parfum, if it hasn’t turned by now.
Reminder: on 11/21, wear a favorite vintage fragrance and tell us why you love it…