It’s Nordic Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance inspired by, or made by a brand from, one of the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden).

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 in Maya Njie Vanilj. Jessica says Vanilj is a sibling to the brand’s Nordic Cedar fragrance, and features a “distinctly traditional Swedish combination of Vanilla and Cardamom”. And yes, I smell delicious…

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Happy Ice Cream month! Our community project for today: tell us your favorite flavor, share a recipe if you like, and wear any perfume that you think fits the project.

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.

My favorite flavor is chocolate, although I’m not all that interested in plain chocolate ice cream. I like any ice cream better if you add chocolate chips, though, and I like chocolate better if there is something else added, whether fruit, coffee, nuts or spice. When I was still making ice cream regularly, one of my favorite recipes was the Vietnamese Coffee from Saveur, with about 1/2 cup of chopped chocolate thrown in the ice cream maker at the last minute.*

I never made fig ice cream, but now I’m tempted to dust off the ice cream maker and try a batch. So for today, I’m wearing Diptyque Philosykos on one arm and Imaginary Authors + Salt & Straw A Whiff of Waffle Cone on the other…

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It’s the first Friday in July (plus World UFO Day), and Donatella will be dropping by in just a bit for the damage poll. Our community project for today: wear one of your recent purchases, tell us why you bought it and whether or not you have any regrets.

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 hoping Donatella will forgive me for buying nothing so far this year. I’m wearing the last fragrance I bought, Maya Njie Vanilj. I bought it because Jessica liked it (and mentioned the cardamom in her review). Then people kept talking about it in the comments, and, bonus, it was available in a 7.5 ml travel size for $30. My only regret is that I have not yet tried any of her other fragrances…

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Happy Friday and happy Global Beatles Day! We’re also celebrating the life of Anthony Bourdain, who was born on this day in 1956. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that you think of as adventurous, or honor Anthony Bourdain / interpret this project in any way you like.

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 off to Istanbul (and smelling delicious) with L’Artisan Parfumeur Traversée du Bosphore…

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