Listed below are upcoming (and below that, finished) Friday community scent of the day projects. (You can find past years here: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Or, skip ahead to 2024.)

2023 ~ finished

1/6: Wear a fragrance to match Viva Magenta, Pantone's color of the year for 2023. ("Pantone’s Color of the Year, Viva Magenta 18-1750, vibrates with vim and vigor. It is a shade rooted in nature descending from the red family and expressive of a new signal of strength. Viva Magenta is brave and fearless, and a pulsating color whose exuberance promotes a joyous and optimistic celebration, writing a new narrative. This year’s Color of the Year is powerful and empowering. It is a new animated red that revels in pure joy, encouraging experimentation and self-expression without restraint, an electrifying, and a boundaryless shade that is manifesting as a stand-out statement. PANTONE 18-1750 Viva Magenta welcomes anyone and everyone with the same verve for life and rebellious spirit. It is a color that is audacious, full of wit and inclusive of all.")

1/13: It's True Colors Friday. Tell us your favorite color, and wear a fragrance with that color in the name, or that reminds you of that color, or that has juice in that color, or ?

1/20: It's David Lynch's birthday. Pick a favorite Lynch work or character and wear a scent to match, or pick a theme (split roles? doppelgangers? surrealism?) and work with that for your fragrance choice.

1/27: Wear a fragrance by Narciso Rodriguez, if you have one. 

2/3: Picture challenge, edition 8: Yayoi Kusama, detail from Women of Shangri-La, 2002. You can see the entire installation if you scroll down here (I cannot post it for copyright reasons). Extra reading: Yayoi Kusama at Wikipedia, Dot on: The rise and rise of Yayoi Kusama at Thames and Hudson, 'Determined to have her story told': Retrospective casts new light on Yayoi Kusama's seven-decade career at CNN, Yayoi Kusama: the world's favourite artist? at The Guardian, The Infinity Experience With Yayoi Kusama at TheViewDeck.

Image credit: detail from English: Yayoi Kusama Exhibition via Wikimedia Commons, some rights reserved.

2/10: Wear a fragrance with rose, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2016).

2/17: Textile Friday ~ wear a perfume that makes you think of a textile–linen, silk, raw silk, velvet, corduroy, damask, wool poplin, cashmere, polyester, swimsuit fabric, etc. Suggested by Oakland Fresca.

2/24: Steampunk Friday: do whatever you like with the steampunk theme. Suggested by JB and seconded by a bunch of other readers.

3/3: It's World Wildlife Day. This year's theme: Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation. Wear a fragrance from a brand making an effort in the arena of biodiversity protection (you should have plenty of choice).

3/10: Time Travel Friday...be as creative as you like with the theme. You could wear a perfume that reminds you of a trip you once took, or that brings you back to a prior period of your life for any reason, or that calls to mind a place you'd like to visit in the past or future.

3/17: For St Patrick's Day, wear green! (This is a repeat.)

3/24: It's William Morris' birthday. Do whatever you like with the 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.

3/31: For Eiffel Tower Day, wear a perfume that says Paris to you, or that has Paris in the name, or ?

4/7: For Billie Holiday’s birthday, wear gardenia, or wear one of her favorite perfumes (Coty Emeraude and Bourjois Evening in Paris) or wear a fragrance inspired by her (Serge Lutens Une Voix Noire, Maria Candida Gentile Lady Day, Strange Invisible Perfumes Lady Day, Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Don't Explain, to name a few).

4/14: For Pan American Day, wear a perfume named for a place in North or South America, with bonus points for places that aren't New York City.

4/21: Wear a spring floral, or any fragrance that makes you think of spring.

4/28: Clever Twist Friday...wear a perfume with a clever twist or pun in the name, or just a name that you found particularly clever. Bonus points if it actually smells good! Suggested by Akimon, who gave as an example Jimmy Choo I Want Choo.

5/5: We're doing Scarborough Fair Friday. Wear a fragrance with parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme.

5/12: Italian designer Friday...wear a fragrance by one of the mainstream Italian fashion brands we have not covered so far...maybe Versace, Dolce & Gabbana or Armani? Zegna, Ferragamo, Fendi? (We've already done Italian Niche, and we've done Prada and Gucci).

5/19: Dealer's Choice, edition 7. Propose a theme for a Friday community project, and wear a fragrance that fits your theme.

5/26: For National Paper Airplane Day, wear a fragrance inspired by air travel, or with "air" in the name, or do whatever you like with the theme, the sillier the better.

6/2: Powder Puff Friday...wear something powdery! This is a repeat from 2015.

6/9: Adjectives Friday...wear a fragrance with an adjective in the name. Bonus points if the adjective is apt! Suggested by pyramus.

6/16: Close to Home...wear a perfume that comes from a local maker, or has your location in its name or backstory, or maybe uses a ingredient/ plant that is native to your area, or interpret this howsoever you like. Suggested by Kanuka.

6/23: It's National Let It Go Day. Wear a perfume that works in the way the day is intended...that is, that helps you let go of negative feelings from the past, OR, wear a perfume you've been hoarding, OR, thunk (use up) a bottle or sample, OR, come up with some other creative take on the theme of letting go. 

6/30: It's Germany week! Wear a perfume by a German brand (Escada? Hugo Boss? Jil Sander? Mäurer & Wirtz / 4711?) or named for a place in Germany, or that you bought in Germany, or whatever you can think of to fit the theme. Suggested by ockeghem and voted for by carole and chocolatemarzipan8.

7/7: It's World Chocolate Day, and shockingly enough, we've never done a chocolate project (I don't think, anyway). Wear a perfume with a chocolate note, with bonus credit if chocolate (or something related to chocolate) is in the name. If you don't have a perfume with a chocolate note, partial credit for wearing something with a note you like to eat with chocolate.

7/14: It's Bastille Day. See if you might possibly have anything French in your collection? Extra points for extra-French-ness, or for silly perfume Frenchification. (This is a repeat from 2017).

7/21: Wear something beachy, or anything you think of as "a vacation in a bottle". (This is a repeat from 2014).

7/28: We're off to Africa! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Africa, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Africa, or that features an African ingredient, or ? Modified from a suggestion by JB.

8/4: For Louis Armstrong's birthday, scent a song. If that's too hard, wear rose for La Vie en Rose? Or wear something by Lanvin (he had a half empty bottle of some sort of Lanvin cologne on his dresser when he died).

8/11: Wear an incense fragrance, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2015.)

8/18: Wear a fragrance that features a note that you might eat in a salad, or that you might grow in a vegetable garden...carrot? tomato? basil?

8/25: It's National Banana Split Day. Do whatever you like with the theme!

9/1: Rabbit rabbit rabbit! It's September, and the start of the long Labor Day weekend. Wear a fragrance that pays tribute to your own work, paid or unpaid; or that will bring you good luck for the month.

9/8: Wear a fragrance with saffron, if you have one. 

9/15: We're off to Italy! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Italy, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Italy, or that features an Italian ingredient, or ? 

9/22: Tomorrow is the Autumn Equinox (in the northern hemisphere, at least). Wear a fragrance that says adiós to summer, or hello to fall, or wear your favorite transitional fragrance. (If you're in the southern hemisphere, adjust accordingly!)

9/29: It's Diana Vreeland's birthday. Wear one of her favorite perfumes (reportedly YSL Opium and Chanel No. 5), or wear something equally bold, or wear something from her posthumous perfume line, or ?

10/6: For Mad Hatter day, wear your silliest perfume, or come up with a silly excuse to wear whatever perfume you wanted to wear anyway.

10/13: We're off to India! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in India, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to India, or that features an Indian ingredient, or ? 

10/20: Wear a fragrance that evokes one of Pantone's picks for the Autumn/Winter 2023/2024 NYFW Color Palette. (If you like, click through to the article and pick your fragrance based on the color name or description rather than the color itself, as in "Exuding the warmth and splendor of the sun, High Visibility expresses joy and good cheer." or "Sturdy and steady Burnt Sienna conveys a sophisticated earthiness." Also note that the set includes Viva Magenta, the color of the year...you could cheat and wear what you picked for that project.)

10/27: Specialty woods: wear a perfume with guaiac, cypress, oak, or some other specialty wood note we haven't already done (we've covered oud, sandalwood, cedar and evergreens).

11/3: We're off to Japan (just in time for Culture Day). Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Japan, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Japan, or that features a Japanese ingredient, or ? 

11/10: It's Neil Gaiman's birthday! If you read (or watched) Good Omens, maybe scent Aziraphale or Crowley? Or scent some other favorite Gaiman work, or just wear a fragrance that you think fits any fantasy, science fiction or graphic novel or movie/show of your choice (it doesn't have to be by Gaiman).

11/17: It's Gratitude Friday…wear a perfume that you feel grateful for coming into your life, that arrived at the right time, helped you face a difficult situation, or simply enriches your day when you wear it. Suggested by Kanuka.

11/24: 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.)

12/1: Rabbit rabbit rabbit! It's December. Wear a fragrance that will bring you peace, joy or good luck for the month.

12/8: We're off to Spain! Wear a perfume that is named for a place in Spain, or that reminds you of a (real or imaginary) trip to Spain, or that features an Spanish ingredient, or ? 

12/15: Wear whatever you like, but tell us the name your fragrance should have had. (If the name is perfect, that's an acceptable answer.) Someone suggested this recently, raise your hand if it was you!

12/22: Best Buy Friday: wear your favorite fragrance purchase of 2023. If you didn't buy anything this year, pick a favorite from a prior year. (This is a repeat from 2016)

12/29: Wear a fragrance with myrrh, if you have one. Suggested by Kanuka.