Happy Almost-Friday! It’s also World Food Day. Birthdays: Lucy Stanton, Oscar Wilde, Eugene O’Neill, Günter Grass. What fragrance are you wearing?
For Oscar Wilde, who was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris — where today’s photo of the monument of Dominique Vivant Denon was taken — I’d be in Floris Malmaison if I could, but since I no longer have any I went with a modern carnation, Aedes de Venustas Oeillet Bengale.
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.