Happy Friday and happy National Iced Tea Day! (Also, bunch of birthdays: Gustave Courbet, Hattie McDaniel, Howlin’ Wolf, Saul Bellow, Prince Philip, Judy Garland, Maurice Sendak, E. O. Wilson.) Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a tea note (a repeat of the Tea Time Friday in 2015, by request from AnnE).

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 in L’Artisan Thé Pour Un Éte, from my very old bottle (the first few minutes are a bit janky but then it’s fine)…

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Happy Friday and happy World Bicycle Day! Our community project for today: wear something sporty (or just outdoorsy, or whatever you think fits).

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 am wearing the only sport fragrance I own, Parfums de Nicolaï Balle de Match aka L’Eau de Sport…

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Happy Memorial Day weekend! On Monday, we’ll observe proper Memorial Day, but for today, we’re celebrating the holiday’s other meaning, as the unofficial first weekend of summer. (In olden times, you could only wear white shoes between Memorial Day and Labor Day.) Our community project for today: wear something that fits your plans for Summer 2022! (If it’s winter where you are, adjust accordingly.)

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.

Part 5 of my summer plans: gadabout generally, as much as is possible. So appropriately enough, it’s a travel day for me — we’re taking a long weekend trip to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. (Quite possibly, I will fall behind on comments but I’ll catch up on Tuesday.) I’m in a bit of Hermès Un Jardin Sur Le Nil Perfumed Body Lotion. A summer of gadding about in Un Jardin Sur Le Nil would be just fine with me. Update: yes, I’m in the body lotion but our flight just got canceled. So I’ll be spending today trying to reschedule our trip…

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It’s Friday the 13th! That’s as good an excuse for a cocktail as any, so just as well it’s also World Cocktail Day. Our community project for today: tell us about your favorite cocktail (alcoholic or non-alcoholic), provide a recipe if you like, and wear a perfume that would complement your choice or that picks up one of the notes in your cocktail. It doesn’t have to be a boozy fragrance! (This is a repeat from 2018, and we also did a booze cruise in 2017).

What fragrance(s) 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 (home) cocktail routine hasn’t changed much since the 2018 poll, when I said I usually mixed “the Italian aperitif wine Cocchi Americano, on grapefruit ice cubes with tonic syrup, mineral water and a twist, sometimes with a dash of bitters”, switching to Cocchi Storico Vermouth di Torino in the winter. I’ve since expanded to the occasional bottle of Cocchi Dopo Teatro or Carpano Antica Formula, and today I’m picking up the wormwood and other bitter materials in the Carpano with Astier de Villatte Elixir du Dr. Flair…

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