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Doing it in the forum is fine with me.....and you're right in chat its not recorded......

We are still sort of hammering and forming the particulars.
I had suggested we all wear one scent

Another suggestion was each wear a scent from a category or subheading of a category

another was decide on a common & particular note and find a few perfumes that are classicly known for that note and all wear one of them

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I hadn't thought about the time zone issue. I see now that if it was 6 PM on the US west coast, 9 PM in New York, it would be 2 AM in London
Perhaps a sort of hybrid approach could be used. Those who wanted to huff together could meet on the forum at a agreed upon time. It could even happen more than once per fragrance.
(1) If it was done at 7 PM London time, (8 PM Vienna), it would be 11 AM on the US west coast and 2 PM in New York. That would allow some Americans to gather with some Europeans.
(2) If it was done again at 6 PM US west coast time, (9 PM EST) americans could meet with americans after work. I don't know if there are people from Asia who would be interested in participating with americans, but 9 PM EST is 10 AM in Tokyo.
(3) If it was done at 6 PM London time it would be 9 PM in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 10 AM Los Angeles, 1 PM New York. I would love to meet with people form the Middle East too.
I think it would be delightful to put a fragrance on at the same time as some other people and share our immediate impressions and ask each other questions about our immediate experience. But I see that factoring in time zones is a consideration and recording the dialogue a desireable thing. Also creating an opportunity for people to participate in the dialogue if they can't make a meeting time is appealing.

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Why not simply just start a thread like we have done with the Scent of the Decade Days? (the last one of which is on 16 July)
Then anyone can participate when they have time.

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Originally Posted by tigrushka Why not simply just start a thread like we have done with the Scent of the Decade Days? (the last one of which is on 16 July)
Then anyone can participate when they have time. I think the difference is that putting on the fragrance at the same time as other people is "funner".
I live in a state that has a very low population density. I live in a city of maybe 60,000 people. We are hundreds of miles/kilometers from another city as "big" as ours. I don't know anyone in my city that is passionate about fragrance. I like the idea of getting together for a scheduled "ladies party" to try fragrances TOGETHER.
Ladies who can't "get to the party" because of scheduling conflicts can read and post when they have time.
Going to parties WITH people is fun. To be WITH people you have to decide when to get together. I'm guessing most ladies will want to come to the party
If they can't make it (probably because of work or family DEMANDS) of course that is a truly unfortunate thing. (If a person merely PREFERS not to come to the get together, that's no reason not to have a gathering for those who want to make a fragrance party their priority.) I'd like to try to be as accomodating as possible to those ladies (& gents, if they are welcomed) who have compelling personal demands. But, I hope we don't give up on the "get together" part of this project because of members who "merely" don't want to show up for a social event.

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Originally Posted by Strange Accord I think the difference is that putting on the fragrance at the same time as other people is "funner".
I live in a state that has a very low population density. I live in a city of maybe 60,000 people. We are hundreds of miles/kilometers from another city as "big" as ours. I don't know anyone in my city that is passionate about fragrance. I like the idea of getting together for a scheduled "ladies party" to try fragrances TOGETHER.
Ladies who can't "get to the party" because of scheduling conflicts can read and post when they have time.
Going to parties WITH people is fun. To be WITH people you have to decide when to get together. I'm guessing most ladies will want to come to the party
If they can't make it (probably because of work or family DEMANDS) of course that is a truly unfortunate thing. (If a person merely PREFERS not to come to the get together, that's no reason not to have a gathering for those who want to make a fragrance party their priority.) I'd like to try to be as accomodating as possible to those ladies (& gents, if they are welcomed) who have compelling personal demands. But, I hope we don't give up on the "get together" part of this project because of members who "merely" don't want to show up for a social event. I get your point but putting the fragrance on at the same strike of the clock is impossible when people live all over the world.
But if you insist, it means the party will be an US only event. If that's what the majority prefers, fine.

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Originally Posted by tigrushka [i]t means the party will be an US only event. If that's what the majority prefers, fine. DEAR tigrushka, I did post that 'If it was done at 7 PM London time, (8 PM Vienna), it would be 11 AM on the US west coast and 2 PM in New York. That would allow some Americans to gather with some Europeans."
(7 PM London time is 9 PM Helsinki time.)
I really DON'T want a US only event. Many people don't work a "traditional" daytime schedule. If it was done at a reasonable time for people outside the US, people in the US might be able to join in. I have a "home office" and could be on the board at 7 PM London time (9 PM Helsinki time) with no problem. Would that work for you?

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Originally Posted by Strange Accord DEAR tigrushka, I did post that 'If it was done at 7 PM London time, (8 PM Vienna), it would be 11 AM on the US west coast and 2 PM in New York. That would allow some Americans to gather with some Europeans."
I really DON'T want a US only event. Many people don't work a "traditional" daytime schedule. If it was done at a reasonable time for people outside the US, people in the US might be able to join in. I have a "home office" and could be on the board at 7 PM London time with no problem. Would that work for you? This is not about me, is it? So drop the "DEAR", could you please?
There have been several Scent Synchronization Days on Basenotes during the years, and the regular thread system has worked just fine for them. People come and go as they please and join when they can and there haven't been any problems with that.
Though I understand that it might be a nice idea to have everyone joining in at the same time, I don't get this insistance that is has to done in the chat room and at a certain time because that excludes many members. Not everyone has the luxury of a free day schedule.
But as I said before: if that's what the majority wants, that's what the majority gets.

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Originally Posted by tigrushka Why not simply just start a thread like we have done with the Scent of the Decade Days? (the last one of which is on 16 July)
Then anyone can participate when they have time. I personally think this would work out the best. If we have it in "chat", I guess other people who are not joining this theme, will interfere (sp?), and start chatting about other things, when they see there are lots of people at the chat room.
Posting to the thread, I think will work as chatting, too.

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OK......It is not important to WEAR the perfume at the exact same time.....
What i was hoping to achieve was more than just a common day of wearing the same scent as done before. I was hoping as a group we could
pick something specific to experience together & really discuss it.

What is important is we all wear the perfume within a day of the discussion day. Europeans will get to post first as they are ahead.......or if you're an early riser in the USA you can get some posts in there early too. Certainly the posting can way beyond "the day" as hopefully people will have new insight or retry the scent to see if they can see what someone else saw.

I just wanted to really explore & sink my chomps into a scent with other people.

Like I said when I started the post.......its an idea......it will either materialize or it won't

If its not a good one then it won't be done.......

Certainly my goal was not to argue.......

I really believe we can accomadate EVERYONE as best as humanly possible.

OK......I'm off to work

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We sure can make the project work, and most of us do have daytime jobs and tight schedules. If need be, I can take a sample of the fragrance to work and then secretly apply it at the appointed time :-) and share the impressions when I am back to comfort and privacy of my own computer at home. We have 3 or 4 people from Australia and NZ who might want to participate too (it still surprises me how they are having the middle of the winter now! I have known the fact since high school and only on the Basenotes it really became a fact of life!) and for them it is a totally different concept of day and night.
I would say let's play it by the ear, get the first round going and work on the details as we go. It is all part of fun.