good question!

I guess I would have to say, a lot of times by the weather. If its gray and rainy outside, I may put on Patchouli or Musk.
If the weather is cold and crisp, I may add in something like a touch of cinnamon/cardomon or vanilla or cocoa.
Orange is another good cooler weather scent.
Rose is good on hot days.

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That's a really interesting question...

Mostly it's a function of what I'm into generally. I find that I'm into a lot of citruses, so that's a common one right now.

Then I also have spicy favorites, like frankincense and cardamon blends.

It's hard for me to get away from my favorites, so I go back and forth between these two a lot!


For baths, it's almost always some selection of citrus.

i make my choices based upon ritual magic correspondences.

for example
Monday - Day of the Moon
Scents associated with the moon - Jasmine, Camphor, Ylang-Ylang, Sweet Birch, etc
Tuesday - Day of Mars
Scents associated with Mars - Tobacco, Leather, and alot of other scents that are not so pleasant
Wednesday - Day of Mercury
Scents associated with Mercury - Storax, Ambers, Lime, Elemi, etc

I also mix and match in other things as well. All the classical planets have elemental associations, so I mix those in as well sometimes (Weds and Thurs are AIR, so I wear lemongrass) or to a specific Purpose (Friday is associated with drawing Love, so I wear Rose, or Sandalwood, or Vanilla).

I only wish I was as poetic as Petite! I'm really haphazard about it; I just want to smell nice, so I'll grab something that I haven't worn in a while and hope for the best.

it really is wonderful to hear everybody's Rituals....