Tuesday scent of the day 8/27

Posted by Robin on 27 August 2024 141 Comments

It’s Tuesday and National Pots de Creme Day. Birthdays today: Man Ray, Lester Young, Ira Levin, William Least Heat-Moon. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Hermès Eau Claire des Merveilles. Tea the moment is Mariage Frères Chandernagor.

Reminder: on 8/30, for the start of Labor Day Weekend in the US, wear the fragrance you think you probably wore the most — or wish you’d worn the most — for summer 2024…

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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ the purgatory basket, again

Posted by Robin on 24 August 2024 207 Comments

It’s been a couple years since we’ve done a poll about indecision, so three questions about your version of what I call the purgatory basket, where you would keep perfumes (presumably samples or decants, but possibly full bottles) that are not love at first sight but that you are not quite ready to give up on. (For examples, see here and here.)

1. What’s the latest fragrance you tried, and weren’t sure about but weren’t ready to give up on just yet?

2. Name a fragrance you now love, but that initially spent quite some time in your purgatory basket.

3. Name a fragrance you gave up on, but that you keep thinking about and wondering if you should get another sample.

Or, as always, just talk about something else…

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Friday scent of the day 8/23

Posted by Robin on 23 August 2024 178 Comments

It’s Friday, National Sponge Cake Day and the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. And around here, it’s Cypress Friday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a cypress note.

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 good old Diptyque Tam Dao…

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