Happy Piña Colada Day! (Also, Nikola Tesla Day and more birthdays: Mavis Staples,* Arlo Guthrie, Alice Munro, Arthur Ashe.) Our community project for today: wear a perfume with pineapple, coconut, rum, or any combination of the three.

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.

I’m wearing what was already on my desk: L’Artisan Parfumeur Ananas Fizz over Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess body cream.

Reminder: on 7/17, we’re doing Nouveau Niche, updated…

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It’s the last Friday in June already! Our community project for today: wear a perfume by Une Nuit Nomade, Ulrich Lang, Vilhelm Parfumerie or Vero Profumo if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letters U or V.

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.

I am not overwhelmed with choice for this community project, but I am smelling great in Vilhelm Parfumerie Don’t Tell Jasmine…

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Happy Friday and happy Juneteenth! Our community project for today is Fantasy Vacation…pick a destination and wear the scent that takes you there. (This is a repeat from 2015.)

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.

It is hard to imagine my bucket-list trip to Budapest at this point, but let’s say it’s happening? I tend to travel with little fragrance and mostly no-brainers. For Budapest in early summer, I’m going with the always dependable Guerlain Cologne du 68…

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It’s Friday, and we’re in the garden! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that was inspired by a particular garden, or that reminds you of a particular garden, or that just smells like a garden in general.

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.

I’m under the linden tree in the garden at the Grand Chalet de Rossinière, in Astier de Villatte Grand Chalet…

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