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Friday scent of the day 1/26

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It’s Friday and National Peanut Brittle Day. Birthdays: Bessie Coleman, Paul Newman, Lucinda Williams. We’re off to The Caribbean! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that is named for a place in The Caribbean, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to The Caribbean, 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.

I’m doing nutmeg and allspice + the island travel theme, in Comptoir Sud Pacifique L’Eau du Gouverneur…

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Tuesday scent of the day 1/23

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It’s Tuesday! It’s still January! There are 56 days left of winter! Also, National Pie Day. Birthdays: Stendhal, Édouard Manet, Derek Walcott (Walcott was born in Saint Lucia, and was the the second Caribbean writer to receive the Nobel prize for literature).* What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Dries Van Noten par Frédéric Malle, which in no way reminds me of the Carribbean but which does have nutmeg…still grown on Grenada, aka Spice Island. My matching tea is a blend of Upton Idulgashinna Estate Organic and Art of Tea Tali’s Masala Chai with an extra sprinkle of grated nutmeg.

Reminder: on 1/26, we’re off to The Caribbean…

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