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Thursday scent of the day 3/28
It’s Almost-Friday and National Black Forest Cake Day. Birthdays: Maxim Gorky, Mario Vargas Llosa, Lady Gaga. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando at the moment, but my plan for later today is L’Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse aux Papillons.
Reminder: 3/29 is Astrud Gilberto’s birthday…
You can recreate memories and connections
“If there is a perfume that someone wore when you were younger and it makes you feel uncomfortable, or an ex-partner wore a perfume and you smell it again, it can be interesting to reclaim that smell,” says [Maya] Njie. “So instead of smelling it every now and again, and feeling the way that you do, you would buy a sample of it and start wearing it – doing things that make you dissociate from that particular person. You can recreate memories and connections to it.”
— Read more in The experts: perfumers on 20 ways to make you, your house and your laundry smell fabulous at The Guardian. Hat tip to Helen!
Eight & Bob La Musique de Christie & Le Geste d’Edmond ~ new fragrances
Eight & Bob has launched two new additions to the Les Extraits Collection, La Musique de Christie and Le Geste d’Edmond…
Wednesday scent of the day 3/27
Happy Wednesday! It’s also International Whisk(e)y Day and World Theatre Day. Birthdays: Edward Steichen, Ben Webster and Sarah Vaughan. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Fendi Theorema, because pyramus wore it yesterday.
Reminder: 3/29 is Astrud Gilberto’s birthday…