Happy Friday and happy National Nachos Day! Birthdays: John Philip Sousa, Glenn Frey, Arturo Sandoval and Colson Whitehead. Our community project for today: wear the fragrance you'd like to give to your 21-year-old self (even if it wasn't on the market at that time). Thanks go to Kanuka for the suggestion.

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.

My 21 year old self was not going to give any thought at all to the relationship between gender and fragrance for some years yet...M7 would have been too big an ask, but I'm pretty sure Dior's Eau Sauvage would have been an easy entry point.

Reminder: 11/1 will be Shalimar Friday...wear Guerlain Shalimar, or a Shalimar flanker, or a perfume that is related to Shalimar in some way (it does not have to be by Guerlain!) This is a (10th anniversary) repeat from 2016. 

And for those of you who like to plan ahead, see Scent of the day ~ Friday community projects 2026, where I'll occasionally manage to have the next five or six weeks mapped out in advance.

Note: top image is from the Dior 2026 Winter campaign.