Happy Friday! It’s also National Chocolate Covered Raisins Day, plus the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims. Here we’re celebrating William Morris’ birthday. Our community project for today: do whatever you like with the William Morris theme…match a textile or wallpaper or La Belle Iseult, or choose any motif (wear strawberry for Strawberry Thief, for instance)? Or take inspiration from his London house or garden, now under the care of the National Trust? Links: William Morris: A Lifelong Fascination with Flowers at Dovecot, Introducing William Morris at V&A, the William Morris website.
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 went with Fruit wallpaper, and to match I’m in Jo Malone Pomegranate Noir, which I have not worn in eons, and which is not so noir as to clash with the sunny design. The original colorways were duskier anyway.
Reminder: on 3/31, for Eiffel Tower Day, wear a perfume that says Paris to you, or that has Paris in the name, or ?
And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2023, where I’ll try (but obviously sometimes fail) to always have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.
Note: top image shows detail from Fruit wallpaper, in Leaf Green/Madder, as currently produced by Sanderson Design Group for the Morris & Co collection. You can see an older version of Fruit at The Met.