It’s Friday and the last day of February, plus National Chocolate Souffle Day. Birthdays: Linus Pauling, Frank Gehry and Bernadette Peters. And here comes the sun! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a solar or “sun-warmed skin” note.
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 Guerlain Terracotta Le Parfum.
Reminder: on 3/7 we’re doing the Picture challenge, edition 10: celebrate Piet Mondrian’s birthday by scenting Broadway Boogie Woogie, one of his most famous works. Extra reading: Why Piet Mondrian Broke His Own Rules in a Dizzying Ode to New York at ArtNet. Extra listening: a quick audio piece at MOMA. Extra watching: for background, Piet Mondrian – ‘Abstract Painting as We Know It’ at Tate, Piet Mondrian: Painting and dancing at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, This Mondrian painting is actually a jazz score from MOMA via Youtube. Extra opt out opportunities: Not in the mood for any of it? Pick one of the colors and use it to choose a fragrance, or wear a fragrance that works for New York City in the early 1940s.
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 SDO: Year 6 [cropped] by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center at flickr; some rights reserved.
Bonus listen: