Saturday is 420 / Weed Day; Sunday is World Creativity and Innovation Day.
We’re marking it all with our standard lazy weekend open thread poll: talk about anything you like — the perfume you’re wearing today, the last perfume you tried and loved because you read about it in the comments here, whatever.
Or, ask a question about fragrance, then see if anyone else has asked a question that you can answer…
Happy Friday and happy Dutch-American Friendship Day! Our community project for today: we’re off to the Netherlands (aka Holland)! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in the Netherlands, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to the Netherlands, 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.
After reading Cutting-edge tech made this tiny country a major exporter of food in The Washington Post (fun fact: The Netherlands, “which is a bit bigger than Maryland … has become the world’s second largest exporter of agricultural products by value behind the United States”) I decided to go with Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Kaleidoscope for the connection to greenhouse vegetables…*
Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also the World Heritage Day / International Day for Monuments and Sites. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Comptoir Sud Pacifique L’Eau du Gouverneur, in honor of the Dutch trading Manhattan for the island of Run in what is now Indonesia. [Read more in Manhattan or Pulau Rhun? In 1667, Nutmeg Made the Choice a No-Brainer at The New York Times.]
Reminder: on 4/19, we’re off to the Netherlands…
It’s Hump Day, National Banana Day and International Bat Appreciation Day. What fragrance are you wearing?
Did you know the banana is one of the top 3 fruits eaten in the Netherlands, and the Dutch are trying to save bananas from extinction? Sometimes bananas can even be found on the beaches of Terschelling Island, north of Amsterdam. I’m taking points in Comptoir Sud Pacifique Vanille Banane.
Reminder: on 4/19, we’re off to the Netherlands…
It’s Tuesday, National Librarian Day, World Voice Day and Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day. Birthdays: Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Anatole France, Charlie Chaplin, Kingsley Amis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m commando for a morning exercise class; I’ll pick something this afternoon. Tea at the moment is Art of Tea Tali’s Masala Chai, with an extra sprinkle of nutmeg.
Reminder: on 4/19, we’re off to the Netherlands…