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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ Fall Back, 2026

Posted by Robin on 31 October 2026 139 Comments

If it’s Saturday, happy Halloween! If it’s Sunday, rabbit, rabbit, rabbit (🐇🐇🐇)! Welcome to November, plus, happy Day of the Dead, plus, a little reminder: if you live in a daylight savings zone, don’t forget to change your clocks! That means it’s time for our tenth annual Fall Back poll.

As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else. If it’s spring where you live, adjust the questions accordingly.

1. What’s the fragrance you’d most like to add to your collection this fall?

2. You have to vote one perfume in your collection off the island. Which one will go first, and why?

3. It’s time for a (fantasy) fall getaway! Where are you going, and pick ONE fragrance to bring with you…

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The fragrance trends defining fall 2026

Posted by Robin on 18 September 2026 Leave a Comment

But the fragrance trends defining fall 2026 demand more, says Jenine Guerriero, Givaudan’s head of marketing and consumer insights for fine fragrance North America. “For years, fall fragrance was defined by familiar expressions of coziness: sweet gourmands, warm spices, and comforting seasonal notes,” she says. “Today’s consumers are looking for fragrances that feel more layered, more intentional, more culturally inspired and ultimately more impactful.”

Everything’s deeper now. We want more emotion, fun, and creativity from fragrance, and that’s evident in all the buzziest perfume launches for fall. The biggest notes? Rice, sesame, pandan, honey, single-origin teas, chestnut, and saffron.

— Read more in Experts Say Fall 2026 Will Smell Like These Notes at Cosmopolitan.

Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ Fall Back, 2025

Posted by Robin on 1 November 2025 174 Comments

Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit (🐇🐇🐇)! Welcome to November, plus, happy Day of the Dead, plus, a little reminder: if you live in a daylight savings zone, don’t forget to change your clocks this weekend! That means it’s time for our ninth annual Fall Back poll.

As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else. If it’s spring where you live, adjust the questions accordingly.

1. What’s the fragrance you’d most like to add to your collection this fall?

2. You have to vote one perfume in your collection off the island. Which one will go first, and why?

3. It’s time for a (fantasy) fall getaway! Where are you going, and pick ONE fragrance to bring with you…

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Friday scent of the day 9/26

Posted by Robin on 26 September 2025 130 Comments

It’s the first Friday of Autumn (unless you’re in the Southern Hemisphere, in which case you know what to do). Also, happy Johnny Appleseed Day! Birthdays: T. S. Eliot, Olivia Newton-John, Serena Williams. The swapmeet is still open! Our community project for today: wear something to celebrate the new season. 

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.

Me: still sick (although feeling a bit better), still commando, yadda yadda yadda…

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Lazy 3-day weekend poll ~ Fall Back, 2024

Posted by Robin on 2 November 2024 120 Comments

PSA: If you live in a daylight savings zone, don’t forget to change your clocks! That means it’s time for our eighth annual Fall Back poll.

As always, answer as many or as few as you like, or just talk about something else. If it’s spring where you live, adjust the questions accordingly.

1. What’s the fragrance you’d most like to add to your collection this fall?

2. You have to vote one perfume in your collection off the island. Which one will go first, and why?

3. It’s time for a (fantasy) fall getaway! Where are you going, and pick ONE fragrance to bring with you…

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