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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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Friday scent of the day 10/30

Posted by Robin on 30 October 2026 96 Comments

It’s Friday and National Candy Corn Day. Birthdays: Christopher Wren, John Adams, Clifford Brown, Louis Malle, Grace Slick. RIP Patrick Stewart. Our community project for today: celebrate the start of Halloween weekend by wearing a fragrance that you like, but that isn’t quite “you”…so it works as a costume, so to speak.

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: points for sure, in Chanel no. 5…

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Thursday scent of the day 10/29

Posted by Robin on 29 October 2026 53 Comments

Happy Almost-Friday and happy National Cat Day! Birthdays: Fanny Brice, Niki de Saint Phalle, Bob Ross. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m taking community project points today in vintage Guerlain Mitsouko.

Reminder: on 10/30, celebrate the start of Halloween weekend by wearing a fragrance that you like, but that isn’t quite “you”…

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Wednesday scent of the day 10/28

Posted by Robin on 28 October 2026 82 Comments

It’s Wednesday and International Animation Day. Birthdays: Erasmus, Levi Coffin, Auguste Escoffier, Edith Head, Evelyn Waugh, Jonas Salk. What fragrance are you wearing? 

I’m in Diptyque Volutes (in Eau de Toilette), another fragrance mentioned in the comments over the weekend.

Reminder: on 10/30, celebrate the start of Halloween weekend by wearing a fragrance that you like, but that isn’t quite “you”…

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Tuesday scent of the day 10/27

Posted by Robin on 27 October 2026 74 Comments

It’s (Teapot) Tuesday, plus the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage. Birthdays: Joe Medicine Crow, Dylan Thomas, Ruby Dee, Roy Lichtenstein, Sylvia Plath, John Cleese, Maxine Hong Kingston, Fran Lebowitz. RIP Walter Koenig aka Ensign Pavel Chekov. What fragrance are you wearing?

I’m in Prada L’Eau AmbrĂ©e, because it was discussed in the comments over the weekend. Tea at the moment is a blend of Assams from Upton. 

Reminder: on 10/30, celebrate the start of Halloween weekend by wearing a fragrance that you like, but that isn’t quite “you”…

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