Synchronised Fridays 2013

Next synchronised Friday

17/05/2013 - Noses 3: The Polge-s

Previous synchronised Fridays

10/05/2013 - Day of the Roses
03/05/2013 - Your favourite mood lifting scent
26/04/2013 - A celebrity fragrance you like (alternative: your cheapest fragrance)
19/04/2013 - Houses 2: A small perfume house
12/04/2013 - A fragrance you percieve as "vicious"
05/04/2013 - Random sample grab
29/03/2013 - Your most silent fragrance
22/03/2013 - Seasons 2: A spring scent
15/03/2013 - Noses 2: Bertrand Duchaufour / Dominique Ropion
08/03/2013 - The most challenging full bottle of fragrance you own
01/03/2013 - A fragrance with a ridiculous name
22/02/2013 - Your "comfort blanket" scent
15/02/2013 - Houses 1: Guerlain
08/02/2013 - Your loudest fragrance
01/02/2013 - The oldest fragrance in your collection (date of purchase or date of release)
25/01/2013 - Seasons 1: A winter scent
18/01/2013 - Noses 1: Pierre Bourdon / Maurice Roucel
04/01/2013 - A scent you have never worn before
11/01/2013 - A scent to warm you up

Upcoming synchronised Fridays

24/05/2013 - A fragrance that least fits its name/advert
31/05/2013 - A blind buy
07/06/2013 - The fragrance that seems to be closest to your genuine odour
14/06/2013 - The latest niche scent you bought
21/06/2013 - Houses 3: Rosine / Keiko Mecheri/ Jo Malone
28/06/2013 - Seasons 3: A summer scent
05/07/2013 - Love at first sniff
12/07/2013 - A fragrance you were given and grew to love
19/07/2013 - Noses 4: Annick Menardo / Olivia Giacobetti
26/07/2013 - A green scent
02/08/2013 - Your most abstract, "artificial" scent
09/08/2013 - Your most concrete, "life-like" scent
16/08/2013 - Houses 4: Chanel and Patou birthday party
23/08/2013 - White flowers
30/08/2013 - Italian perfumery
06/09/2013 - A natural fragrance
13/09/2013 - Noses 5: The Guerlain-s
20/09/2013 - A scent with a colour in its name
27/09/2013 - Your favourite leather
04/10/2013 - French perfumery
11/10/2013 - Houses 5: Caron / ???
18/10/2013 - Seasons 5: An automne scent
25/10/2013 -
01/11/2013 -
08/11/2013 -
15/11/2013 - Noses 6: Christopher Sheldrake / ???
22/11/2013 - English perfumery
29/11/2013 -
06/12/2013 -
13/12/2013 -
20/12/2013 - Houses 6: By Kilian / Tom Ford
27/12/2013 -


Synchronised Fridays of 2012

28/12/12 - The best 2012 release
21/12/12 - A 180 degree fragrance: From hate to love
14/12/12 - Four Elements 4 - Earth
07/12/12 - Travel Theme 9 - Great White North
30/11/12 - Your favourite gourmand
23/11/12 - Why don't I wear it more often?
16/11/12 - A new love from 2012 (doesn't have to be a 2012 release)
09/11/12 - Four Elements 3 - Fire
02/11/12 - A fragrance that makes you feel sexy
26/10/12 - Travel Theme 8 - My journey - where and why?
19/10/12 - Four Elements 2 - Water
12/10/12 - A fragrance you love but hate its ad/description
(Alternative: a fragrance that does not match its ad/description/name).
05/10/12 - Your favourite woody scent
28/09/12 - Four Elements 1 - Air
21/09/12 - A bomb
14/09/12 - Travel Theme 7 - Africa
07/09/12 - A fragrance with a musical theme
31/08/12 - A floral scent
24/08/12 - A scent picked up on one of your travels
17/08/12 - Chanel and Patou birthday party
10/08/12 - A fragrance you associate with a painting/sculpture/photograph
03/08/12 - Travel Theme 6 - Tropical Islands
27/07/12 - Your favourite refreshing scent
20/07/12 - Random sample grab
13/07/12 - Vintage fragrance sync (25+ years of age) *reprise*
06/07/12 - A current obsession
29/06/12 - Your favourite scent advert / official description
22/06/12 - Travel Theme 5 - The Far East
15/06/12 - A Transporter
08/06/12 - A scent from a niche house named after its founder (or a small indie/niche house)
01/06/12 - A buried/forgotten treasure
25/05/12 - A "pink" juice
18/05/12 - Your most minimalistic scent
11/05/12 - Travel Theme 4 - The Mediterranean
04/05/12 - Blast from the Past
27/04/12 - Your favourite leather scent
20/04/12 - A fragrance created by Olivier or Jacques Polges *reprise*
13/04/12 - House of Guerlain
06/04/12 - A compliment getter / a family favourite
30/03/12 - Travel Theme 3 - Wild Wild West
23/03/12 - A fragrance slammed by 'The Guide' *reprise*
16/03/12 - A scent from the wardrobe of another BNer
09/03/12 - House of Dior (Poison if you have it) *reprise*
02/03/12 - Ornery Opulent Oriental *reprise*
24/02/12 - A fragrance marketed for the opposite gender
17/02/12 - Travel Theme 2 - Latin America
10/02/12 - A scent with a number in its name
03/02/12 - A fragrance you associate with a book, movie or fictional character
27/01/12 - Your most ornate scent
20/01/12 - Shalimar sync (alternative: your favourite vanilla)
13/01/12 - An aldehydic fragrance *reprise*
06/01/12 - Travel Theme 1 - Arabian Nights

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Welcome to the Synchronised Fridays of 2013! A game where every Friday we all choose our fragrance from the same theme and share our experiences.

There are still some places left in the list for new sync ideas!

You can find the old forums here:
2011
2012

Thank you for all the great ideas! Please keep them coming. I'll soon start assembling the list so that we won't have to spend the first Friday of 2013 without a sync (THAT would be a nightmare, wouldn't it? ).

Please do, thank you!

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I suppose we could safely do a Guerlain and a Chanel day (probaly most of us have fragrances from them in their collections). Which other houses (or groups of houses) would you all like to see in the 2013 list?

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A happy, healthy and prosperous 2013 to you all!

I thought it fitting to use Alytike's "A scent you have never worn before" idea for the first sync of 2013 as the symbol of opening new scented doors in the new year.

Working on the rest of the list... Ideas are still welcome, of course!

For the first sync of 2013 I've decided on Volutes EDT. I am wearing it for the first time and it is truly delightful, it will surely be added to my collection sometime.

Thank you for all the great ideas. I have entered most of them in the list, leaving out only a few which I though might be too restrictive.

I'd be glad to hear your ideas for the "Houses" syncs. Groups of houses also work well when otherwise we'd end up with a too small list of scents (or a house which many of us haven't explored).

Comments on the list are welcome as well as more ideas.

My warm-up scent on Friday was Diptyque's Eau Lente. It was a blind buy for a ridiculously low amount and luckily I do love it. Warm, cinnamony goodiness without ever becoming really gourmand. Mmmmm....

Feminite du Bois for me today.

I have finally pulled out my vintage Nu EDP which I have neglected throughout 2012.

I was standing in front of my bottles, trying to figure out which I purchased as first. I had to admit that I have absolutely no clue.

So I went with the other option and pulled out my decant of vintage Shalimar. If the label is right then it's from the 1920s. It is for sure the oldest scent I have.

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The loudest fragrance I own(ed) is Shalimar Parfum Initial. It's one of the only two fragrances my co-workers ever notice on me (the other one being Coromandel). I've emptied my decant this morning and am enjoying it enormously on this cold winter day. Definitely FBW.