It’s Friday and National Cranberry Relish Day. Birthdays: Abigail Adams, André Gide, Hoagy Carmichael and Billie Jean King. Our community project for today: we’re off to Nepal! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Nepal, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Nepal, or that features a local ingredient, or ?

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 did some reading this week about traditional Nepalese rope incense (short starting point here if you are interested), and decided on Chanel Bois des Iles for the sandalwood note.

Reminder: on 11/29, pick your Black Friday poison: wear the last fragrance you bought, wear a cheap thrill, or wear a fragrance you love but refuse to buy in a full size because it’s too expensive. (We’ve done this project several times.)

And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2024, where I’ll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.

Note: top image is Bhaktapur [cropped] by Keith Roper at flickr; some rights reserved. [You can read about Bhaktapur Durbar Square at Wikipedia, or see the UNESCO entry for the Kathmandu Valley.]

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