TGIF! Our community project for today is Perfumer Spotlight…name a perfumer you don’t think gets as much attention as s/he should, and wear one of their perfumes.

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

I get no points, or possibly negative points. It is the last day of my vacation, and I admit I am not wearing perfume again today, and I meant to get up early and think of the fragrance I would be wearing if I was at home and had access to my perfume cabinet, but instead, I slept very late. My apologies; I will do better next week…

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It’s Fantasy Vacation Friday! Our community project for today: pick a destination and wear the scent that takes you there.

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

I utterly failed to plan for this project before I left on vacation…

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Happy Perfume Surprise Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance you expected to hate but loved, or, give another chance to a perfume you expected to love but hated, or surprise us with another interpretation of “perfume surprise”. 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 Hermès Osmanthe Yunnan. I bought it unsniffed the year it came out, 2005, and I expected to like it and I did…

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It’s Italian Niche Friday! Our community project for today: wear something from Acqua di Parma, Lorenzo Villoresi, i Profumi di Firenze, Santa Maria Novella, or any other Italian niche brand. 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 wearing Lorenzo Villoresi’s lovely Donna, from a very old, not entirely perfect decant…

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It’s 3 Star Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance you would “objectively” only give 3 (or fewer!) out of 5 stars, but that you love and wear frequently. 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 went with my old friend Guerlain Cologne du 68. I like it better now than I did when I reviewed it, and I wear it more than I thought I would, but I still don’t think it’s worth the money and I wouldn’t give it more than 3 stars.

Reminder: next Friday, 7/17, will be Italian Niche Friday…

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