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Wednesday scent of the day 5/7

Posted by Robin on 7 May 2025 131 Comments

It’s Hump Day. Birthdays: Robert Browning, Gary Cooper, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Angela Carter, Peter Carey. What fragrance are you wearing?

It will not be hard to guess my fragrance of the day: Old School French meets Harry Potter.

Reminder: 5/9 will be Guessing Game Friday (edition 5)…

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Tuesday scent of the day 5/6

Posted by Robin on 6 May 2025 134 Comments

It’s Tuesday. Happy National Nurses Day and International No Diet Day! Birthdays: Sigmund Freud, Willie Mays, George Clooney. What fragrance are you wearing?

You can guess my fragrance easily…it matches today’s teapot image, and it’s not Diorissimo.

Reminder: 5/9 will be Guessing Game Friday (edition 5)…

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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ spring reading list, edition 6

Posted by Robin on 3 May 2025 139 Comments

Welcome to our 6th annual spring reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our reading lists, and tell us what fragrance we should wear while reading it.

Or, do what I do and record here everything you have read since the last reading poll. And if you want more recommendations, scrolling through the literature tag will bring up all the older reading polls.

(Or, as always, just talk about something else.)

My recent reading…

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Friday scent of the day 5/2

Posted by Robin on 2 May 2025 113 Comments

Happy Friday! And happy 70th to Our Lady Donatella Versace. Our community project for today: honor Donatella by wearing the last fragrance you purchased, or anything that you think fits the occasion.

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: day 2 in Carthusia Mediterraneo, the first fragrance I ever bought unsniffed, and (I think) the bottle I have replaced the most times…

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Thursday scent of the day 5/1

Posted by Robin on 1 May 2025 97 Comments

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit and happy May Day! Birthdays: Calamity Jane, Sterling Allen Brown, Joseph Heller, Terry Southern, Shirley Horn, Judy Collins, Wes Anderson. RIP Paul Auster. What fragrance are you wearing?

One one arm, I’ve got Carthusia Mediterraneo, the first fragrance I ever bought unsniffed, and (I think) the bottle I have replaced the most times. I might just wear it again tomorrow. On the other arm, vintage Diorissimo, because May Day.

Reminder: 5/2: is Our Lady Donatella Versace’s 70th birthday…

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