Happy Halloween! Our community project today: wear your quirkiest or weirdest or spookiest fragrance. And if you live somewhere where children trick or treat, tell us what candy you’re giving out this year. Or, if you’re dressing up, tell us about your costume!

I’m wearing The Voice of Reason from Lush. It is really only weird in the opening, but the opening is pretty darned weird. I think it might be one of the set that got axed, but I’m not positive. And we are giving out M&Ms. We don’t get many trick or treaters, so I expect I will eat most of them, eventually…

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Our community project for today: wear a fragrance you discovered via a blog or other online review, and link to the review if you can. Bonus points for linking to a site other than Now Smell This!

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

I’m wearing Lalique Encre Noire, which I bought unsniffed after reading a review at Bois de Jasmin. Do comment if you’ve smelled the new-ish Encre Noire Sport, which I’m still curious about…

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It’s Purgatory Basket Friday! Our community project for today: find a sample you haven’t been able to make up your mind about, give it a second chance.

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

I’m wearing Tom Ford Santal Blush. I said when I reviewed it in 2011 that I liked it, thought it cost too much, and didn’t think I’d lose any sleep over it…

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