Happy Friday and happy International Mother Language Day. Birthdays: Anaïs Nin, WH Auden, Nina Simone, John Lewis, Alan Rickman. Our community project for today: we’re doing Bucket List Friday…think of a place you’d like to go or a thing you’d like to do or something you’d like to accomplish, and wear the right fragrance for the experience.

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 used to have something like a proper bucket list, mostly places I wanted to go before I die. I don’t really think in those terms anymore, that is, I still wouldn’t mind going to those places, but I don’t particularly think it would make me any happier. At the moment what I’d like to accomplish is to meditate more, and be at peace with what I have (I have mostly stopped buying perfume but I have plenty of other avenues for stress shopping). So I went with a calming fragrance: Diptyque Tam Dao…

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Happy Friday and happy Valentine’s Day! Birthdays: Frederick Douglass (maybe), Jack Benny, Florence Henderson, Gregory Hines, Terry Gross. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that expresses your feelings about Valentine’s Day, or that reminds you of someone you love.

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.

To me, Valentine’s Day is frankly mostly about chocolate (something it has in common with the other 364 days of the year). So I’m in Fendi Theorema, layered over Lush Posh Chocolate body lotion…

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Happy Friday! It’s also the last day of January and National Backward Day. Birthdays: Alan Lomax, Jackie Robinson. RIP Marianne Faithfull. Our community project for today: honor the Lunar New Year (which started Wednesday) by wearing a fragrance that reflects the qualities of the (Wood) Snake: wisdom, patience, elegance, charm and mystery.

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.

Today I’m in Etro Shaal Nur, which to my nose covers wisdom, elegance and mystery…

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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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