Happy Friday, and happy birthday Carole King! And, happy Broadened Horizons Friday. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance you initially thought was too [insert adjective] for you to wear. Thanks to Geordie 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 ended up in Frédéric Malle Le Parfum de Thérèse, which I thought would be too much melon. (And some rare days, it still is. Today it’s working for me.)

Reminder: on 2/16 we’re celebrating the Lunar New Year…

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Happy Groundhog Day! Our community project for today: assemble some winter- and spring-appropriate samples in a bowl, pick one at random, then tell us if spring will be early or late this year.

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 did this project with a bowl of Hermès travel sprays. I wasn’t sure if I would cheat if I got the wrong answer, but I picked Muguet Porcelaine so I didn’t have to. Punxsutawney Phil says six more weeks of winter, but what does he know…

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It’s Rinse, repeat Friday! (Plus, it’s National Marzipan Day.) Our community project for today: pick a favorite community project from the past, and do it again. (If you need a reminder, here are the lists for 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).

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 Parfums de Nicolaï Eau Exotique for Fruity Friday, a project from 2014 (and it would also work for last year’s Reverse Hemisphere Friday)…

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