Happy Friday! Our community project for today is ‘You Say It’s Your Birthday’…pick a song related to a musical birthday today (John Lomax, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Julio Iglesias, Bruce Springsteen, Ani DiFranco, or find another!) and wear a fragrance to match.

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 in Jean Couturier Coriandre, released the same year as the Bruce Springsteen song Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), from the album The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle…

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It’s Friday and Leo Tolstoy’s birthday. RIP Queen Elizabeth. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a hay note. If you prefer, substitute any old cereal grain, or anything that calls to mind a fall harvest (the Harvest Moon will be on Saturday). (We did a similar project in 2016.)

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 pretty sure I’ve got covid, so I will stay commando and possibly go back to bed, we’ll see…

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Happy Friday, and happy (almost) Labor Day Weekend! (Also, Blueberry Popsicle Day, plus a few birthdays: Keanu Reeves, Horace Silver, Salma Hayek, Billy Preston). Our community project for today is a repeat from last year: take a break from community projects and wear what you want.

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. (Although really, if you’re here, you’re participating, right?)

I’m wearing Tauer Perfumes Rose Delight Body Oil…

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It’s Friday! Plus, National Dog Day and Women’s Equality Day. Our community project for today is “It’s difficult, part 1”: wear a fragrance that you’d recommend as a good introduction to a note that some people find difficult.

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 in my idea of the perfect fragrance to ease into tuberose: L’Artisan Parfumeur La Chasse Aux Papillons…

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