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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ fall reading list, edition 8

Posted by Robin on 17 October 2026 92 Comments

Welcome to our 8th annual fall reading poll! Please recommend a great book to add to our fall 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 quarterly 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, and of course, do report your fragrance of the day if you like…

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Friday scent of the day 10/16

Posted by Robin on 16 October 2026 85 Comments

It’s Friday plus World Food Day. Birthdays: Lucy Stanton, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill, Günter Grass. Our community project for today: wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one. 

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 Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Wasabi Shiso…

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Thursday scent of the day 10/15

Posted by Robin on 15 October 2026 112 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also Global Handwashing Day and World Students’ Day. Birthdays: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche and Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in the possibly-more-sweet-than-savory Vetiver Tonka from Hermès.

Reminder: on 10/16, wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one…

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Wednesday scent of the day 10/14

Posted by Robin on 14 October 2026 97 Comments

It’s Wednesday and National Dessert Day. Birthdays: William Penn, Katherine Mansfield, E. E. Cummings, Hannah Arendt, Roger Moore and Ralph Lauren. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Hermès Myrrhe Églantine.

Reminder: on 10/16, wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one…

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Tuesday scent of the day 10/13

Posted by Robin on 13 October 2026 117 Comments

It’s Tuesday and the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. Birthdays: Art Tatum, Lenny Bruce, Paul Simon. What fragrance are you wearing? 

I’m commando and very tired after a vaccine yesterday…I  might put on something this afternoon. 

Reminder: on 10/16, wear a savory gourmand fragrance, if you have one…

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