It’s “At the movies” Friday! Our community project for today: name a favorite movie, and wear a perfume that fits the movie or a character in the movie.

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.

Since I did a 1930s classic yesterday, I decided to go (relatively) modern today. I’m wearing Caron L’Anarchiste for the Rob Gordon / John Cusack character in High Fidelity. It’s a lucky accident that the fragrance and the movie both came out in the year 2000, because I think they’re a perfect fit.

Reminder: on 10/14, wear one of your Top 10 of Fall fragrances…

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Friday is finally here! (And don’t forget our splitmeet is still open.) Our community project for today is Still Ticking Friday: wear the perfume in your collection that has been on the market longest (so the perfume with the earliest launch year, that is still in production — not necessarily your oldest bottle).

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 am sure I will not the the only one going back to 1889 with Guerlain Jicky. I am wearing a tiny drop of the vintage Extrait…

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It’s Harvest Moon Friday! Tonight there will be a full moon with a penumbral eclipse. Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a nut or grain / cereal note. If you don’t have one, you could think of another note associated with the fall harvest season — apple? hay?

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 wearing Ego Facto Poopoo Pidoo, which smells like rice powder and almonds and marshmallow…

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Hey, it’s Tea Time Friday! Our community project for today: wear a fragrance with a tea note.

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 wearing Bvlgari Eau Parfumée au Thé Bleu. Tea at the moment is a Dong Ding oolong from American Tea Room…

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