It’s Friday, plus the National Day of Service and Remembrance. Our community project for today: wear a perfume with cardamom, if you have one. (You can find several lists of fragrances with cardamom in the comments to last weekend’s poll.)

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 the forebear to yesterday’s Voyage d’Hermès, Cartier Déclaration. It is making itself known, and might be a bit much for a sleepy Friday morning….it is possible I will switch back to the easier-to-wear Voyage…

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It’s Zest and Smoulder Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with citrus and smoky notes, or, layer two fragrances to achieve the same affect, or interpret the theme in whatever way works for your collection. Thanks go to Glannys 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.

Points for me: I’m zesting on my left arm (Imaginary Authors Mosaic) and smouldering on my right (Imaginary Authors City on Fire)…

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Happy Friday! Today is the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington. Our community project for today is Dealer’s Choice, edition 4: 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.

My project: wear a fragrance that you’d recommend as a good introduction to a note that some people find difficult. My note is tobacco, and my scent is Diptyque Volutes…

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Happy Captured Unicorn Friday! Our community project for today: wear a perfume that you thought would be impossible to get, but you managed it. If you have not yet captured a unicorn, wear anything you like and tell us about the unicorn you’d like to catch. Thanks go to Undina 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.

After reading everyone’s stories this week, I’m not sure I really have a unicorn…so I am wearing the fragrance that I would consider worth the effort to try to capture if I did not have it through no real effort of my own: vintage Diorissimo in the houndstooth bottle.

Reminder: 8/28 will be Dealer’s Choice, edition 4…

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Happy Friday and happy Creamsicle Day! Our community project for today: wear a creamsicle fragrance, if you have one. (And you can find lots of suggestions — including layering combos — in the comments to 5 perfumes: consider the creamsicle).

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 Fendi Theorema, of course…

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