Happy Friday! It’s also the last day of May, Walt Whitman’s birthday and World No Tobacco Day. Our community project for today: the Picture challenge, edition 9…wear a perfume that matches the image, which is Genesis, The Gift of Life, a 1954 glass mosaic by Mexican artist and anthropologist Miguel Covarrubias. [Above is just detail from the central part of the mosaic; more images and info here.]

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.

For the green underground figure, which I assume is based on the Aztec “earth monster” Tlaltecuhtli, I decided to go with something rooty / underground, so vetiver. After realizing I no longer have a single fragrance from my post 5 perfumes: vetiver fragrances for spring, I moved on to summer. I’m in Guerlain Vetiver…

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Happy Friday and happy International Tiara Day aka Queen Victoria’s birthday! (Plus, happy 83rd to Bob Dylan, and the splitmeet is still open.) Our community project for today: wear your perfume equivalent of a tiara.

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.

If I had any vintage Joy extrait left, that would be my automatic pick for a tiara, but I’m all out, so I’m in Aftelier Candide. Like Joy, it smells like it is made from real flowers, lots of them, and not much else…

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It’s Friday, the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, and World Baking Day. Our community project for today: do what you like with the Baking Day theme. You could wear a gourmand, or you could wear any perfume with any ingredient you like to bake with (or eat), or ?? Be as creative as you like.

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.

The only thing I bake with any regularity these days is granola, so I’ve done ingredients from my granola recipe all week. Today I’m on the almonds with Marni Rose…

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Happy Friday and happy International Day of Argania! (Also, National Shrimp Day, plus some birthdays: Tonita Peña, Fred Astaire, David O. Selznick, Maybelle Carter, Arthur Alexander, Donovan, Miuccia Prada, Sid Vicious, Bono.) Our community project for today: we’re off to Morocco! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Morocco, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Morocco, or that features a local ingredient, or ?

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.

Me: Parfum d’Empire Azemour Les Orangers, the answer to a goodly percentage of community projects…

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