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, 2023, 2024, 2025.)

2026 ~ upcoming

7/24: Celebrate Amelia Earhart's birthday by wearing something adventurous, something inspired by her life, a perfume inspired by Earhart or by flight in general, or ? As always, the more tenuous the connection, the better. 

7/31: Wear something that reminds you of a favourite meal, however abstractly, even if it isn’t a gourmand. Suggested (ages ago) by pyramus.

8/7: Chypre For All Seasons: pick a season, any season, then wear a chypre that works for it. Suggested by Jalapeno.

8/14: For National Creamsicle Day, wear a creamsicle fragrance, if you have one. (And you can find lots of suggestions — including layering combos — in the comments to 5 perfumes: consider the creamsicle). This is a repeat from 2020. 

8/21: Forgotten Friday...root around in your perfume cabinet or drawer or basket of samples or what have you, and find something you keep forgetting to wear or forgot you even owned. 

8/28: TBA

9/4: TBA

Fall, date TBA: Picture challenge, edition 12. We will do something by Sonia Delaunay, suggested by Kanuka.

2026 ~ finished

1/2: Wear a fragrance to match Cloud Dancer, Pantone's color of the year for 2026 (or, wear something that matches the description). "A Whisper of Tranquility and Peace in a Noisy World. Introducing Pantone Color of the Year 2026, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer, a lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection. A billowy white imbued with serenity, PANTONE 11-4201 Cloud Dancer encourages true relaxation and focus, allowing the mind to wander and creativity to breathe, making room for innovation." (More reading: A minimalist statement or just Pantonedeaf? ‘Cloud dancer’ shade of white named Pantone’s 2026 colour of the year at The Guardian, Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year Is ‘Cloud Dancer’ at The New York Times, Pantone’s colour of the year 2026 divides opinion amid mounting social media backlash at Cosmetics Business.)

1/9: It's National Apricot Day...wear a fragrance with an apricot note, if you have one. 

1/16: It's National Nothing Day. Take a break and wear what you want. 

1/23: Wear a fragrance with a pomegranate note, if you have one. (Suggested by Laila.)

1/30: Play Nice Friday: wear a fragrance which, while it still bears the stamp of the perfumer’s art, is more or less guaranteed to offend no-one. (Suggested by pyramus.)

2/6: It's the opening day of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. Do absolutely whatever you like with the theme: scent a winter sport? Wear something Italian to celebrate the location? Wear something to support your country's team? Or, pick a fragrance to honor your utter lack of interest in sports, or winter, or both. 

2/13: Long Lost Love...wear a beloved fragrance that has been discontinued, or a fragrance that reminds you of a beloved person, pet, possession or place. (Suggested by Old Herbaceous.)

2/20: We'll honor the Lunar New Year (which was on Tuesday) by wearing a fragrance that reflects the qualities of the (Fire) Horse: energy, enthusiasm, independence and passion.

2/27: Wear an amber fragrance, if you have one. (This is a repeat from 2018.)

3/6: It's The Day of the Dude. Our community project for today: Take it easy, man. (This is a repeat from 2020.)

3/13: Ink! Wear something with an ink note, or that is described as inky, or was inspired by ink, or that you think is inky, or interpret this project in some other creative way.

3/20: It's the equinox! Celebrate the new season howsoever you see fit. 

3/27: Wear a fragrance with a mimosa or cassie note, if you have one. Suggested by Laila.

4/3: Celebrate anything you like about April (April Fool's Day? the Pink Moon? Easter? Poetry Month or Earth Month? anything you can think of) with your fragrance today.

4/10: Name your favorite bird, and wear a scent that matches it for whatever reason, no matter how farfetched. Suggested by happy888cat.

4/17: Wear a fragrance by Hermès OR something from perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena or Christine Nagel (this is a repeat from 2014). 

4/24: Celebrate Jean Paul Gaultier's birthday by wearing one of his fragrances. If you don't have one, wear anything that you think works with the JPG aesthetic, or maybe a fragrance that you'd put in a torso-shaped bottle? Or, as usual, be as creative and/or farfetched as you like with the theme. 

5/1:  Rabbit rabbit rabbit! It's May. Wear a fragrance that will bring you peace, happiness or good luck for the month.

5/8: It's Sir David Frederick Attenborough's 100th birthday! Honor the occasion however you like: scent your favorite animal? Wear a fragrance that honors plants or water or anything natural? Wear a fragrance that makes you think of one of your favorite Attenborough television series? It's a pretty open field (and it's also Iris Day, in case you want to kill two birds with one stone). 

5/15: Picture challenge, edition 11. The subject is the Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck. As usual, you are free to be as farfetched as you like in your fragrance choice...or go literal: her dress is green, they are both wearing animal fur, there are oranges on the chest and windowsill, and cherries on the tree outside the window, etc etc. Thank you to Calypso for the suggestion! (In the fall, we'll do a more modern piece by Sonia Delaunay, suggested by Kanuka.)

Extra reading: The many questions surrounding Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait at JSTOR (this article has many useful close ups of the painting); The Arnolfini Portrait: Theories, Interpretations, and Analysis at The Collector; Hannah Gadsby: why I love the Arnolfini Portrait, one of art history’s greatest riddles at The Guardian.

5/22: Recommendation Friday: recommend  a favorite song, show, movie or book (or any form of entertainment, really) and match a scent to your pick, or to one of the characters, or whatever. Adapted from a recommendation by therabbitsflower.  

5/29: Shaken Not Stirred Friday: for Ian Fleming's birthday (on Thursday the 28th), honor the James Bond character howsoever you like. You can repeat the theme of a 2008 poll (name your favorite James Bond actor (the choices, for anyone who can't remember the entire line-up: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig) and what fragrance you think their version of Bond would wear) or any of the questions from a 2018 followup we did for Sean Connery's birthday, you can scent your favorite Bond movie, you can take inspiration from a specific film (or book!) locale or character, whatever you like. Thanks go to Lovestosmellgood for the idea! 

6/5: Wear a fragrance with eucalyptus, if you have one. Suggested by Kanuka. 

6/12:  Boost me up Friday...add a layer to your fragrance to strengthen or emphasize a desired note. Suggested by happy888cat.

6/19: Wear a perfume that makes you think of sunshine and happiness. Suggested by SmokeyToes. 

6/26: Name a favorite "real life" smell — anything, really! a plant, a food, a place, whatever — and wear a perfume that reminds you of it. It does not have to have your chosen smell as an actual note, it can remind you of it for any reason. (Do be as farfetched as you like.)

7/3: It's Independence Day weekend in the US. Celebrate by declaring your own independence from whatever no longer serves you, and mark the occasion with the appropriate fragrance. 

7/10: Wear a perfume with a lime note, if you have one. 

7/17: Decades Friday...name a favorite decade, and wear a fragrance to fit your choice. (This has been suggested by multiple people, and is possibly a repeat.)