Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit; and Happy April Fools Day! Our community project for today is all about pure fun: wear your most-fun-ever perfume. Hat tip to thegoddessrena for the idea!

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.

No surprises on my end — I’m in Byredo Pulp…

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Happy Friday, and welcome to our first Picture Challenge! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that matches the painting — Max Ernst, The Nymph Echo, 1936. Detail from the painting is shown above, or you can find full (and larger) versions here and here, and you can read the story from Greek mythology about Echo on Wikipedia. I’m sorry that I don’t remember who suggested the idea of doing a picture challenge, but do raise your hand if it was you!

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 went with Verdant by Tauer Perfumes. It’s lush and green enough to fit the tangled jungle-like growth in the painting…

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Finally, it’s Friday! Our community project for today: I Hate…Oh Wait. Wear a perfume you love that features a note or style you always thought you hated. Thanks to Pixel for the suggestion!

I’m wearing Reminiscence Elixir Patchouli, one of a handful of perfumes that brought me around to patchouli. Turns out, that was not so terribly helpful, since real patchouli has just about gone the way of the dodo.

Reminder: 3/25 will be Picture challenge, edition 1…

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