Happy Shalimar Friday! Our community project for today: wear Guerlain Shalimar, or a Shalimar flanker, or a perfume that is related to Shalimar in some way (it does not have to be by Guerlain!)

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 meant to wear the 2010 version of Shalimar Ode à la Vanille but I could not find my sample and perhaps I used it up. So instead I’m wearing a tiny bit (I don’t have much) of vintage Guerlain Shalimar Extrait on one wrist (it smells like luxury) and Shalimar Parfum Initial (with apologies to any fans, meh) on the other…

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Happy Noir Friday! Our community project for today: forget the fragrances with “Noir” in the name….wear a fragrance that feels / smells Noir to 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’m wearing Olivier Durbano Black Tourmaline, softened a wee bit by a layer of Bliss Vanilla + Bergamot body butter…

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