Happy Autumnal Equinox! (Plus, happy Hobbit Day.) Our community project for today: wear one of your “top 10 of fall” fragrances (unless it’s spring where you are, in which case wear one of your “top 10 of spring” 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.

No gold stars for me today! I am at the beach, and it’s going to be 80 here today, plus, I am really not ready for fall. I am testing Jason Wu Eau de Parfum…

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Happy Friday, and welcome to edition 2 of the Picture challenge! (You can see edition 1 here). Our community project for today: wear a perfume that matches the picture, which is Portraits of the *** Family, called The Family Gathering, summer 1867 – early winter 1868 by Frédéric Bazille, shown recently in the exhibit Frédéric Bazille and the Birth of Impressionism. You can read more about the painting here, and you can see a larger image here.

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 focused on the artist, who has painted himself into the far left behind his uncle, and who appears to be less substantial, or less defined, than anyone else in the composition…

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Happy Friday, happy Star Trek Day and happy International Literacy Day! Our community project this week: we’re doing ‘world niche’… wear a fragrance from a niche brand that isn’t French, Italian or British.

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 spanning two continents, with a layer of Switzerland (Tauer Rose Delight) and a layer of Canada (The 7 Virtues Afghanistan Orange Blossom)…

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Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit, and welcome to September! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that will bring you good luck for September, or wear a fragrance that reminds you of rabbits, or wear whatever you picked this morning while saying “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit” aloud.

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 took the easy route (even easier since I stole the idea from Hamamelis) and went with Honoré des Prés I Love Les Carottes…

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Happy Back To School Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance that fits the theme, for whatever reason.

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 took the easy route: I’m in (vintage) Serge Lutens Santal Blanc, my bestest pencil fragrance…

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