Tuesday scent of the day 4/15

Posted by Robin on 15 April 2025 154 Comments

It’s Tuesday and World Art Day, National Anime Day, the Universal Day of Culture, plus Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. If you’re in the US, it’s also Tax Day. RIP Mario Vargas Llosa. What fragrance are you wearing?

For the UNESCO heritage site Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er, I went with its location in Yunnan, and then of course I went to Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan. I got closer with my tea, The Jasmine Pearl Tea Co Cascadia Breakfast, since it does have some pu’er tea.

Reminder: 4/18 is the World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites…

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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ open thread, mid-April 2025

Posted by Robin on 12 April 2025 225 Comments

PSA: the splitmeet is coming up on the 26th of this month.

Meanwhile, our usual open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, the fragrance you wish somebody would split (or you’re thinking of splitting), whatever.

Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…

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Friday scent of the day 4/11

Posted by Robin on 11 April 2025 227 Comments

Happy Toontown Friday! Our community project for today: scent a favorite cartoon character. Thanks go to Jalapeno for the idea.

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 more old school French: Dior Eau Sauvage for the Pink Panther, who I adored as a child, still adore now, and can hardly separate from the fantastic theme music by Henry Mancini. (The Sauvage name presumably fits for a panther, even if this one is more silly than wild, and the smell is just right for the “60s cool” theme music…)

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