Hey, it’s Friday! And yesterday, Stevie Wonder turned 71. Our community project for today: tell us your favorite Stevie Wonder song and wear the fragrance to match. (And don’t forget, the haiku challenge is coming up tomorrow.)

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 listening to my absolute favorite Stevie Wonder song, Don’t You Worry ’bout a Thing, from the 1973 album Innervisions. (I am stealing a quote from the Telegraph via Wikipedia, already linked above: “It sounds and feels like a burst of summer happiness.”) My happy summer fragrance to match: Aftelier Candide…

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It’s “I really shouldn’t have” Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance you shouldn’t have bought, you shouldn’t wear, or shouldn’t ? Thanks go to Katrina for the idea, and I hope I didn’t completely mangle her original concept.

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 Hermès Jour D’Hermès. I really shouldn’t have bought a 50 ml bottle the same day I smelled it. I do like it, very much, and every time I wear it I’m reminded that I ought to wear it more often. But I don’t reach for it (or really, any one perfume) often enough to justify more than a 15 ml travel size, and of course just 2 years later they came out with the Jour D’Hermès Absolu, which would have been my preference…

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Happy Friday! It’s also World Book Day, St George’s Day, UN English Language Day and Shakespeare Day. (And the swapmeet is tomorrow.) Our community project for today: wear one of your “top 10 of spring” fragrances (unless it’s fall where you are, in which case wear one of your “top 10 of fall” scents).

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 Maison Francis Kurkdjian Pluriel Féminin, from Erin’s Top 10 of Spring 2016. (I also mentioned it as an alternate in 5 perfumes: pretty spring florals, and it would work just fine for next Friday’s project too.)

Reminder: April showers bring May flowers…

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Hey, it’s Spring Clean Friday! (Also, World Voice Day and Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day.) Our community project for today: wear the perfect fragrance for doing household chores. Thanks go to LisaD for the suggestion!

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 the “what would I wear with a Tiara in April” approach, and I’m in a dab of vintage Jean Patou Joy…

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