Three-Day Weekend, Nine Sprays: My Fall Perfume Lineup And Split Plans

I treat a three-day weekend like a private smelling lab. Coffee, clean skin, and the bravery to wear something that could get me side-eyed at the bakery. If your sweater doesn’t smell like oakmoss and a tiny bit of trouble, what are we even doing this fall.

My weekend wardrobe, no apologies:

• Saturday morning: Diptyque Philosykos for that sun-warmed fig skin that feels like a clean slate, then a lunch switch to Byredo Bal d’Afrique when the mood turns bright and fizzy.
• Saturday night: I want velvet. Serge Lutens Chergui gives hay, tobacco, and honey that reads intimate without whispering.
• Sunday brunch: The crisp snap of Chanel No. 19 is my don’t-mess-with-me green. If I need comfort instead, Hermès Eau des Merveilles does salty skin and amber with grown-up polish.
• Sunday late: Incense hour. Dior Bois d’Argent walks that iris-labdanum line, and it never fails me.
• Monday cozy: Guerlain Mitsouko if I’m feeling classic peach-chypre drama, or Chanel Coromandel when I crave that creamy patchouli cashmere wrap.

Splits I’m organizing because my wallet likes to breathe:

• Kilian Angels’ Share for boozy apple pie heat. Fans of cinnamon should not sleep on this.
• Maison Francis Kurkdjian Baccarat Rouge 540 Extrait because love it or loathe it, the extrait’s almond-saffron glow is catnip in cold air.
• Frederic Malle Portrait of a Lady for the rose-patchouli that behaves like a power ballad. Ten milliliters is the perfect commitment.

Hunt list for peak leaf-crunching season:

• BDK Gris Charnel Extrait for a fig-cardamom embrace that sticks to scarves.
• Mona di Orio Vanille when I want smoky, grown vanilla that refuses to be dessert.
• Amouage Interlude Woman for a resinous kaleidoscope that turns heads in the best way.
• Curveball wildcard: Le Labo Another 13 on work-from-couch days when I want texture and aura, not a chorus.

Quick pairings that never fail me:

• Espresso and Aesop Marrakech Intense for earthy spice that means business.
• Night walks and Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille when the temperature drops and flirtation becomes fog.

Call it fall 2025 energy. A little incense, a little bite, and zero beige behavior. Wear the thing that makes you feel like your favorite version of yourself, even if it scares the room for five minutes. It will learn. You already have.