Friday is finally here! Our community project for this week: wear a fragrance from Yves Saint Laurent, if you have one.

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 Yves Saint Laurent M7, which debuted in 2002 under the direction of Tom Ford. Earlier that same year, Yves Saint Laurent had announced his retirement from haute couture, having already retired from ready-to-wear a few years earlier. He passed away in 2008…

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Happy Friday the 13th, and happy Cheap Thrill Friday! Our community project for today: as we head into the holiday spending period, wear a fragrance that would not break the bank even in a full size. Today’s topic was suggested by reader Bardot.

What fragrance did you choose? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

I’m wearing Old Spice, the original version. I would say I smell like a man, man, but really I smell like spicy carnation goodness…

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It’s Enabler Pin Friday! Our community project for today: bestow a pin on someone who convinced you that you just had to try (or buy) a fragrance. And of course, wear the fragrance!

What fragrance did you choose? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

Pumpkins yesterday, carrots today — I am awarding an enabler pin to Karin, who way back in 2011 alerted me to the fact that there was a fantastic markdown on Honoré des Prés I Love Les Carottes at SpaceNK. My favorite kind of enabling is that which gets you a bottle of great perfume for less than $25…

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TGIF! And it’s our Halloween Special. Today’s community project: wear the fragrance that would match your fantasy Halloween costume (or your real Halloween costume, or one you’ve worn in the past).

What did you pick? As always, do chime in with your scent of the day even if you’re not participating in the community project.

My favorite costume when I was young was my fringed red cowgirl outfit, complete with red hat and red wig. I distinctly remember this costume including red cowboy boots, but the photographic evidence proves otherwise…I appear to be in black party shoes. Today, I’m in Keen slippers and Tauer Perfumes Lonestar Memories, and remembering my days on the range, gathering candy…

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It’s Slow Burn Friday! Our community project for today: wear the perfume it took you the longest to love, or the longest to buy, or the longest to find.

What 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 L’Artisan Parfumeur Bois Farine, which I thought was pencil shavings (yuck) when I first tried it. It was still pencil shavings when I tried it later (meh) and it went right on being pencil shavings through first like, then love.

Reminder: next Friday, 10/30, will be the Halloween Special…

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