Friday scent of the day 10/10 :: Now Smell This

It’s Friday and World Mental Health Day. Birthdays: Lilly Daché, R. K. Narayan, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Thelonious Monk, Harold Pinter, John Prine. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with nutmeg, 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.

Double points for me: Fendi Theorema on one arm, Comptoir Sud Pacifique L’Eau du Gouverneur on the other (plus, a sprinkle of nutmeg on my tea and John Prine singing Lake Marie in the background).

Reminder: on 10/17, 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!) 

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 Mace and Nutmeg [cropped] by Kate Ter Haar at flickr; some rights reserved.