It’s Friday, the 2nd day of LGBTQ Pride Month, and National Rocky Road Day. Birthdays: Martha Washington, Barbara Pym, Charlie Watts, Cornel West. Plus, happy Powder Puff Friday! Our community project for today: wear something powdery. This is a repeat from 2015.

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 on day 4 of Prada Infusion d’Iris Absolue. It’s been restful to not have to decide what to wear in the morning…

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Happy Friday and happy National Paper Airplane Day! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance inspired by air travel, or with “air” in the name, or do whatever you like with the theme, the sillier the better. (And a quick PSA: the swapmeet is open through Sunday.)

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 back in good old Kenzo Air (I wore it last Friday too)…

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It’s Friday and National Notebook Day. Our community project for today: Dealer’s Choice, edition 7. Propose a theme for a Friday community project, and wear a fragrance that fits your theme.

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.

Continuing with my (lame, I know!) theme of “wear what you never got around to putting away since last time you wore it”, I’m in Kenzo Air.

Reminder: on 5/26, there will be a community project…

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Happy Friday and happy International Nurses Day aka Florence Nightingale’s birthday — thank you, nurses! It’s also Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) International Awareness Day and National Limerick Day aka Edward Lear’s birthday. Our community project for today: Italian Designer Friday…wear a fragrance by one of the mainstream Italian fashion brands we have not covered so far…maybe Versace, Dolce & Gabbana or Armani? Zegna, Ferragamo, Fendi? Roberto Cavalli, Valentino or Gianfranco Ferré? (We’ve already done Italian Niche, and we’ve done Prada and Gucci).

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 Valentino Donna. It is not fitting my mood today and I will probably change to something else later. On an unrelated note, I want to say a huge thank you for the lovely prayer plant I received yesterday from NST commenters. That was unbelievably kind. Kindness is always appreciated but at the moment, even more so than usual. Thank you…

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Happy Friday and happy Cinco de Mayo! Our community project for today: Scarborough Fair…wear a fragrance with parsley, sage, rosemary or thyme.

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 commando but in my mind I’m in Providence Perfume Co Tangerine Thyme…

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