Friday scent of the day 12/19 :: Now Smell This

Happy Friday and happy National Oatmeal Muffin Day! It’s the 6th night of Hanukkah and there are 12 more days to go in the year. Birthdays: Italo Svevo, Carter G. Woodson, Jean Genet, Cicely Tyson, Richard Leakey, and, the subject of today’s community project, Édith Piaf. Your task: scent an Édith Piaf song, or honor Édith Piaf with your fragrance in any other way you see fit. 

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.

For La Vie en Rose (music by Louiguy, lyrics by Piaf, and you can see the lyrics and English translation here), I’m wearing a fragrance that makes me see life through rose-colored glasses, Aftelier Candide. 

Reminder: on 12/26, we’re doing Best of 2025…wear your favorite new release of the year, or your favorite purchase of the year, or the fragrance you wore the most in 2025, or interpret this project however you like. (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 2025, where I’ll try (but usually fail) to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.

Bonus listen: Édith Piaf singing La Vie en Rose live, followed by a recent take by Nick Cave (in English, lyrics adapted by Mack David), and below that, one of my favorite modern versions, by Madeleine Peyroux.