Friday scent of the day 10/17 :: Now Smell This
It’s Friday and National Pasta Day, plus the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Our community project for today: wear the perfume you would like to be buried or cremated in. (This was a suggestion from Deva, who did note that it is a bit macabre, but also that many cultures include fragrance materials of various sorts in their funerary rites. I was saving this project until Deva rejoined us, but since it looks like she has moved on to other interests, I’d like to take this opportunity to honor her since her presence here brightened everybody’s day for so long. If it’s too macabre for you, don’t join in, obviously!)
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 do not have any strong opinions on what fragrance I’d want to be buried or cremated in. If I was to be buried, it wouldn’t hurt to throw a vintage houndstooth bottle of Diorissimo in my coffin? I’m more interested in what I’d smell while I was dying, and I think it should be something calming that did not bring up any associations with things I was trying to hold onto or fret over, so I’m going with my old standby Comme des Garçons Ouarzazate, layered over my DIY lotion of ylang and sweet orange for a little uplift. I suppose if I am cremated someone could spray on a refresh?
Reminder: on 10/24, wear any fragrance you like and tell us what you’d like people to think of you when they smell it on you, OR, wear a fragrance and connect it with a fellow reader who “enabled” you to get it or who you know likes it/has mentioned wearing it. Both of these projects were suggested by allo.
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2025, where I’ll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image is Cimetière du Père-Lachaise – Cementerio de Père-Lachaise [cropped] by Jose Losada – Fotografía at flickr; some rights reserved.