Friday scent of the day 10/24

Posted by Robin on 24 October 2025 182 Comments

It’s Friday and United Nations Day. Our community project for today: wear any fragrance you like and tell us what you’d like people to think of you when they smell it on you, OR, wear a fragrance and connect it with a fellow reader who “enabled” you to get it or who you know likes it/has mentioned wearing it. Both of these projects were suggested by allo.

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 Fendi Theorema, a fragrance I associate with all the lovely people who used to hang out on the fragrance board at MakeupAlley. I’m sorry that I can no longer remember all the usernames of the Theorema fans, but they are all owed enabler pins for convincing me to try Theorema while I still could…

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When you smell good, you feel good

Posted by Robin on 24 October 2025 Leave a Comment

Perfume’s inherent ability to enhance and alter emotions is arguably the biggest reason for its sudden resurgence as a major force in beauty. That's not exactly surprising, given the current political instability and general anxiety and unease about, well, the state of the world.

When you smell good, you feel good.

The daily lemming

Posted by Robin on 23 October 2025 4 Comments

From the latest set of solid perfumes at Estée Lauder, Beautiful Magnolia in the "Estée Treasures Inspired by Turquoise" compact. "From her vanity to yours. Uncover this revival of spectacular objets d'art in Estée’s archive. Inspired by the 1965 Holiday collection, each compact is a perfect collector’s item—reimagined for a new generation. [...] This limited-edition collectible compact is exquisitely crafted and filled with Beautiful Magnolia solid perfume. Delicately fitting in your hand, purse, or atop your vanity, this perfumed balm makes a statement wherever you go." $300 for 1.5g, and also available in mother of pearl (Beautiful) and tortoise (Pleasures).