Friday, and Opposite Day and Irish Coffee Day. Birthdays today: Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Etta James. Our community project for today: wear one of your favorite fragrances of this winter (unless it’s summer where you are, in which case wear one of your favorite scents of this summer).

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 Aftelier Candide, which has made this bad winter a little more bearable…

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Friday plus Thesaurus Day plus Cary Grant’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance by Eau d’Italie, Etat Libre d’Orange, Escentric Molecules or Etro, if you have one. Partial credit for any other small-ish brand that starts with the letter E.

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 Rossy de Palma Eau de Protection by Etat Libre d’Orange, which according to the actress is “made with love to protect you”…

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It’s Friday! Our community project for today is My Precious…wear a scent that references jewels or precious metals. Thanks go to thegoddessrena 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 have Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds on a blotter on my desk, and I’m thinking about whether I want it on my person today or not. We’ll see. I might go with Comme des Garçons 888 instead…

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It’s Friday! Also the 11th day of Christmas (pipers piping), plus World Braille Day and Michael Stipe’s birthday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance to match Living Coral, Pantone’s color of the year for 2019.

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.

Some colors immediately call to mind scent associations, and vice versa, but Living Coral does nothing for me. I went the literal route with Parfums de Nicolaï L’Eau Corail…

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It’s Best of 2018 Friday! (It’s also the fourth day of Christmas, and the third day of Kwanzaa, and there are 3 days left until the end of 2018.) Our community project for today: wear one of your favorite fragrance releases of 2018.

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 have absolutely no idea what the best new release was this year — I just did not try enough new fragrances. I’m in Hermès Cèdre Sambac, which is at least from the right year…

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