Back in May, I reported that I had not bought a single bottle of perfume so far in 2007. That didn't hold true for long, but unless I fall prey to a vicious lemming between now and the end of the year, I'll end up with a total bottle intake of 7*. Not too shabby for an addict, and about the same as I did last year. In 2005, I bought 11 bottles, and we're not even going to talk about my shameful, completely out-of-control intake in 2004 (let's just say that most of my perfume collection was purchased in 2004).
A few random factoids about this year's spending: I bought 3 of the 7 bottles at full department store prices, something I haven't done in years (and a practice I wouldn't encourage, although so far, only 1 of the 3 has appeared at the discounters). 1.5* of the 7 bottles were purchased unsniffed. And every single one of the 7 bottles was a mainstream fragrance. Last year, almost everything I bought was niche. This made a big difference in the total cost. My total outlay for 2007 was $255; I don't have exact records for 2006, but as near as I can estimate, it was closer to $400.
Part of what keeps my expenditure low (if you're willing to call $255 low) is that so many very kind people send me decants and samples, so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everyone I've swapped with, and everyone who has sent me raoks***. If you're spending too much on fragrance and find that you don't manage to use up what you buy, swapping is the really the way to go. Way back in April, when I wrote about how to get fragrance samples, I added "Swapping article is coming up next week!", which turned out to be a huge lie. I promise to get to that early in the New Year.
So, time to play true confessions: how many bottles did you buy this year? If you'd rather not 'fess up in public, just tell us if you had a budget for 2007 and whether or not you managed to stick to it.
Note: advertising image for Caron Montaigne (it is hard to tell, but her "dress" is made up of perfume bottles) via the forums at Images de Parfums.
*Strictly speaking, I bought 6 full bottles and 2 minis, and I'm counting the 2 minis as 1 full bottle. A bit of fancy accounting, perhaps.
** A MakeupAlley acronym for a random act of kindness, e.g., someone who sends you a sample/decant/bottle just because they are really nice.
Robin I was under the impression that YOU had least bought no less than twenty beautiful full brandnew bottles..:-D in this year only.
Your enthousiasm has deceived me haha..
Well, not counting gifts or perfumed lotions, I've bought 3 bottles, a few minis and a whole lot of samples this year. The bottles would have been less than $100 total, some of the minis were super cheap (Yves Rocher), no idea how much I've spent on samples – probably too much! I have them all in a cut glass bowl in my cabinet and just love digging through them! Overall I think I did well.
*My very favorite perfume this year is the one my 9 yr old daughter made for me. She mixed then diluted different bath gels and perfumes – it's ocean blue and smells like blueberries! 🙂
If I bought everything I really liked, I'd end up w/ more than 20! But I've so much perfume already (and most of it going to waste) that I really mustn't buy everything I like. I am very fond of decants, and generally only buy full bottles when a) I'm planning to decant for other people or b) it is really cheap or c) I am in “a mood” and just HAVE to buy something.
Oh dear, I didn't count the cost of samples at all — more “creative” accounting! But I don't buy all that many, so doubt it added much to the total.
3 bottles for less than $100 is admirable!
This year I bought 8 or 9 full bottles and had to bite my fingers of to prevent myself from buying 3 or 4 more (put those on my list for next year;). I've given away quite a few in the past years. It's rare for me to use up a whole bottle, more than 50 ml.
What is a decant?
Samples we get for free overhere. Buying them was something new to me and I still feel reluctant to do so because they are meant te be for free.
There are abt 14 perfume stores withing 3/4 of a mile at walking distance. Just so you know how much selfdicipline this girls has…;
Robin –
I admit….my addiction really took hold this last year.
In 2006 I just dabbled in a few scents here and there, but this past year, my desire to “smell everything” caught me off guard and I found myself with over 70 new bottles!!!! The range is pretty mixed – some niche, some mainstream, some classics, some indie, some oils, some discounted and some were gifts.
The good thing is that I have really (FINELY!) narrowed down my preferences and have started to make better choices when I shop for fragrance.
I don't regret my indulgences – I learned a lot about perfume and my own personal scent aesthetics – but I am glad I'm moving forward to the next stage of “perfume addiction”.
And Robin…..thank you for the blog…..it's really quite wonderful.
Happy Holidays,
Marko
Marko, sounds like you had a 2007 that was much like my 2004! Luckily for my own peace of mind, I don't really know how many bottles I bought then, only that by the end of the year, I'd had to impose a 2 bottle a month limit to save myself from bankruptcy 🙂
Thanks for the kind words, and hope your holidays are wonderful as well!
To decant is to pour/spray perfume out of its original container into another container. People make “decants” so they can share/swap perfume with other people.
I don't know if I could stand to have that many perfume stores nearby!
2004-2005 was my Annus Bingeus (I'm sure that probably means something I *don't* mean) … I believe I spent maybe $2,000 that year. Oy. You'd be shocked — well, maybe you wouldn't — at how few of those bottles are still in my collection.
Don't remember 2006, but I'm guessing less than a quarter of that.
This year I bought a bottle of L'Aromarine Violette ($14 — I remember because it was all the cash I had in my purse), a decant of Alpona extrait (totally worth it) and some Christopher Brosius samples, which I passed on to a friend because I don't *need* bottles of any of them.
Total: Less than $75, I think.
I also received two nearly full bottles from two wonderful, wonderful friends who will live on in my heart forever. That was Blanc Violette, which I love very very much, and Meteorites, without which there is no life.
DH is hinting that he desperately needs to get me a gift, so I might have him acquire Hiris, even though I can buy it cheaper.
My only lemming is a bell jar of Bois de Violette.
Howzabout THAT?
Hearty congratulations, first for coining “Annus Bingeus”, which is perfect, and second for coming in at less than $100 for the year. And so glad to see another fan of Alpona, which I love, and yes, you need the Hiris!! I live in fear that Hiris is going to get axed. My bottle is starting to smell a wee bit off and wondering if I should replace it, but my “to replace” list is getting substantial too.
I could do a completely straight-faced Watergate-era “I don't recall….” do you think it's some elaborate self-deception on my part? I simply don't keep track. I'm going to guess less than 10 bottles. Money spent on decants, samples, TJ Maxx/Ross, while drinking, and after 11 pm on eBay don't count toward my total. 😛 I would guess I have a lot fewer bottles than folks would think. My unsniffed bottles went almost to zero, b/c my unsniffed track record is so awful.
M, doesn't sound like you need to keep track, around 10 is reasonable. I started keeping track because I was so out of control. But if I don't have to count “TJ Maxx/Ross, while drinking, and after 11 pm on eBay” I think I'm down to 2-3 bottles 😉
oh dear-
i counted up for 2007 and hadn't realized how many i'd bought: 12! most of those were on a trip to paris, though; stuff i couldn't get stateside. a few were from gift certificates and discount sites. it was a mix of niche & mainstream. i think i've hit my fulll-bottle limit for a while! 😉
happy holidays and thank you for making this blog the first thing i read each morning!
Well, this is my first full year of perfume rediscovery, which includes blog reading and MUA. For a newbie, I've done pretty well, I think. For one thing, I am very midwest practical and doing all this with limited funds, including only a debit card, no credit. I bought all the full bottles, I'm thinking about ten, at online discounters or CVS making full use of sales, coupons, discount codes, etc. I've spent more on samples than anything, and am finding that often a sample of something is enough…unless it isn't, in which case a decant is in order. Several months ago I discovered swapping, and it has changed my whole perfume life. I too have benefitted from the kindness of perfume people, who are often so generous with extra samples. Patti of PP wrote an article about getting started in perfume collecting, and in it she stated that it's best to take your time in purchasing, that perfumes of quality will be around for awhile and you don't have to think you need EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW! That thought has really helped me to keep perspective.
I've learned so much in the past year, and much of it from your blog, R. Thanks so much 🙂
Well, let's see, this year I slowed down a little, even though we went to Paris. In terms of bottles, I'm pretty sure I kept them under a dozen – if you count, say, two of those genius 30 ml PdN bottles as *one* bottle, which is surely fair. I shudder to think of the dollar total so far on decants and samples, though. In the time since TPC opened alone (5 months?), let's just say I've earned two buyer reward discounts of 17% or so. (Yikes, I just looked up my total – truly horrifying, and I'm not typing here in case my husband is cruising around.) Oh, and two Crazylillebule sticks…
I bought… 8, I think. Might make it to 10 by the end of the year. That's less than one a month, I'm proud of me. The two preceding years were my binge years, what with all the vintage stuff I had to catch up with (maybe something like 60 bottles, ack!). I've been given some decants and samples, so they don't factor in the budget. No discounters in France, and I mostly want niche or exclusives, so it's all full price for me…
If I had had my own wicked way, I'd probably be up to 30 or 40 by this time of year, but I was flat broke and that helps. My full bottle wish list pretty much hovers around 20 at all times. Which I consider fairly reasonable.
Gracious, I think 12 is very reasonable if you were actually in Paris! That is an opportunity you can't afford to miss.
And thank you for the nice words 🙂
So true that it is best to take your time. Even though I'm buying less, I still don't always plan my purchases well — there are lots of perfumes I really want but didn't buy. But swapping is the greatest thing since sliced bread, isn't it?
And thank you!
LOL — no matter how you count it, you're under 15, which is pretty darned good given that you went to Paris. I won't mention the buyer reward discounts 😉
Oh dear, my full bottle wish list is way worse than yours, esp. as it includes all sorts of things I've used up (or that have gone bad). I really do wish I stuck to the list more than I do. I'm sort of amazed at some of the things that are still on there that I ought to own by now.
I. Am. So. Happy… that I found this website! Let me say THANK YOU to Robin and all of the contributors for making me feel less alone in the world. Friends and family all think my interest in scent/perfume is “weird”. I don't mind being considered the eccentric one on the group, but there is a sense of relief that there are others out there who share my interest and who I can come to for learning and sharing! I didn't do too bad last year, 6 full bottles which I'm sure I purchased at full retail prices. I'm anxious to learn more about obtaining samples, decants, and swapping! I have lots and lots to learn, and I'm certain a lot of it can be learned here!
I was a good girl this year. 2006 was my binge year, I had to impose a monthly budget, which I mostly stuck to. I haven't even been tempted to spend that much this year so I no longer need a budget, I think I'm in Stage 4, absolutely nothing unsniffed even if it's $10 at Marshalls. So I think 2007 was 7.5 bottles.
I know that feeling — everyone else thinks it's weird, and I suppose it is! But there are lots of us, so take comfort, and 6 bottles isn't bad at all.
Looks like we've mostly post-binge comments today, LOL…7.5 is very reasonable!
I'm embarrased to say that I think I actually got 13 bottles this year, 12 of them since the end of September! How did I manage that? My husband gave me two on our anniversary, my sister gave me a very generous gift certificate to Sephora for my birthday which I managed to redeem during their 20% off friends and family discount (5 bottles – I have to say, love the 1 ounce mini-bottles!), and my father gave me two bottles for my birthday, plus a $100 bill (wow) for which I purchased another perfume (Flowerbomb…). Crazy. Never before has this happened to me. Never have I ever purchased this many bottles in 1 year. But out of the 13 bottles, I only purchased 2 out of my own pocket!!! Gotta love it. Don't think I'll be needing any more for awhile!!! I'm feeling quite guilty, but I'm definitely in heaven. 🙂
We want to know the names of all 7 🙂
I bought much less than in previous years, and that's all I am saying 🙂 I did not have a budget, but in 2007 I achieved what I like to call perfume nirvana. A state that i highly recommend to all who want to save money 🙂
Hey — gifts don't count, seriously! If we have to count gifts, my count will go up as well. So pat yourself on the back, you only bought 2 bottles of perfume this year!!
And so agree on those little bottles at Sephora, they are genius 🙂
AND — your husband is a keeper!
I bought 3 not counting gifts.
But now I have 2 unopened. The horror!!! 🙂
Have a Merry Christmas Robin.
I wish you and your loved ones the best for next year!
P.
EL Azuree Soleil Body Oil, Prada Infusion d'Iris, Hermes Kelly Caleche, Jean Couturier Coriandre (huge mistake, but cheap), Christian Lacroix Tumulte Homme (best buy of the year at $14.99), Lalique Encre Noir (the unsniffed full bottle purchase) and minis of Yves Rocher Rose Absolu & Kenzo Flower Oriental (and I've LOST the KFO already, figures!). Would have bought EL Private Collection Tuberose Gardenia but a REALLY nice person gave me a bottle.
What I regret not buying: Caron Alpona, FM Carnal Flower, Diorissimo parfum. And what I'm going to regret soon enough, since I'm too cheap to cough up the $$: both Amouage Jubilations, Bond no 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory.
Are you saying that of the three you bought, two still haven't been opened??? Get to work!!
And hope your Christmas will be perfect as well 🙂
This was not my year of restraint, and it should have been. I STILL bought two bottles unsniffed, but I have learned to buy samples, and that saved me a lot of money.
The idea of buying bottles and decanting and swapping is not anything I look forward to, but I'm not the person that people ship perfume to, so I may have to suck it up and get busy. I have a bad perfume habit, but I don't want to turn it into a pet, with feeding and swapping and taking it for walks at various swap sites.
I spend maybe $150 on samples and then bought maybe 10 bottles at full price, although I did use some of the GREAT discounts you write about. But full bottles are pricey. Lucky I'm not a clothes horse, too.
I'm hating companies that sell 100 ml bottles as the only choice. I only bought ONE 100 ml bottle this year, and I'm proud of that.
And I did something that horrified a few people, but I'm not going to cover myself in remorse. I had to pack up a lot of the house, because we put it on the market, and I had a lot of perfume I didn't want to pay to send cross-country. I asked a few bloggers, but they didn't want a package, sight unseen, and I was too exhausted to make one more list. So I filled a shopping bag with fragrances I was not going to wear again, and took it to a shelter for battered women. No reason a woman who has had a bad turn of luck can't smell fabulous!
I average about fifty to seventy bottles a year. That's nothing to be proud of when I admit to all the times I let promotions spur me on. I just can't say no to a free tester or (gulp-do I want to admit this in this circle?)…duffle bag with a fragrance purchase at Dillard's. I have no discernment, I'm just a scent whore- although my new year's resolution is to explore higher qualities of fragrances and innovative niche perfumery and to be less about mass-market frags. I want a truly memorable experience and I'm starting to see that I'm not going to find it in most department stores (although I'm thrilled that Bloomies.com carrys Annick Goutal now.
Vance
That's awesome gifts don't count! And my husband is definitely a keeper. I realize that I miscounted in my original post. I said 13, but only listed 12. I also purchased the Victoria's Secret coffret, so guess I'm up to 3. Had never tried their scents, so thought this would be a good way to do it. Reviewers on MUA rave about them, but I found only one of them passable–Supermodel. Not good enough to buy a full bottle, though… As for the others, I'm in Maine, so don't have many opportunities to smell the niche fragrances. For the Sephora ones, I ordered through their website, and actually purchased all 5 bottles unsniffed!!! I only returned one of them, though–Eau de Cartier (yuck) and ordered Tom Ford Black Orchid Voile de Fleur instead (yum!) Others were Emporio Armani Diamonds, L de Lolita Lempicka, CSdP Vanille Banane, and Demeter Blue Hawaii – all keepers, fortunately!
I can't believe this, but I only bought two bottles this year! I've been using the zillion bottles I already had—what a novel idea! I'm not particularly virtuous—it's just that nothing has excited me very much. My buys were Guerlain Double Vanille (bought mostly as a memento while in Paris) and Osmanthus Interdite by Parfums d'Empire. I DID buy a small atomizer of Bond's Scent of Peace, which I loved in the store, but HATED at home!! Anybody want one? And as for Hiris being unavailable—NO!! It's one of fthe very, very few scents I'll want forever! My bottle of Armani Eau de Jade gasped its last and I'm on the horns of a dilemma about whether to get another. Not that you asked ;D
QC, Swapping is extremely time consuming, so if you don't want your habit to turn into a pet it might not be for you. But donating to a women's shelter is a great idea!
Agree on the darned 100 ml bottles.
I've never found a VS scent I loved either. And isn't it nice that Sephora takes things back? Gotta love internet shopping 🙂
Hey, we're all scent whores of one kind or another! But if you move to niche, you're going to have to slow down on the number of bottles: 50-70 bottles of niche is going to cost a LOT more than 50-70 bottles in Dillards.
Hey you!!! Only 2 bottles — I'm impressed. Hope the rest is going to art supplies or something worthy. I'm lusting after that Osmanthus Interdite myself, lucky you!
And you know, Hermes says they are NOT discontinuing Hiris. I just worry.
In the interest of full disclosure and an aging memory, Erin's post made me remember that I bought two each of the 30ml PdN's and Crazy lillubelle paper solids at beautyhabit. So they can be added to my total, but hey, it was during bh's sale times! PdN, btw, is tops in my book for offering affordable and useable 30ml sizes in some of their scents. Fig Tea is calling to me for the warmer months 🙂
I hate it when I remember bottles later! Completely agree on PdN, and the Fig Tea is a must-have!
Let me think… at the beginning of 2007 all I owned was one(!) almost empty bottle of perfume. Then I somehow got into researching and the search for a new signature scent (a well known phenomena, isn't it?) – and ended up discovering a completely new universe… buying 15 bottles – and selling 5 of them after a rather short while because I couldn't stand them. The remaining ten I truely love; they are all very different and work well as my perfume wardrobe – so far! Who knows what's coming up in 2008.
Hey, that's a pretty good record for your first year of serious buying — 10 out of 15. I am pretty sure I've got more mistakes than that from my first year.
Thanks for your moral support. 😉
The 5 sorted out were actually the first ones bought. After that things improved.
Oh dear, this really does make me feel better too! I thought I was doing quite well this past year–had only purchased EL Azuree Soleil up until October….and then somehow Prada's Infusion D'Iris and Guerlains Spirtueuse Double Vanille both tackled me at Bergdorf's and told me I simply could not leave without them. Two in one dayat full price. I almost picked up Kelly Caleche on the same occasion, but luckily remembered I saw it at discounters and decided to leave it alone for a while. I then told myself that was absolutely IT until next spring, whereupon I might allow myself a small Hiris. But somehow a small (discounted) bottle of YSL Paris (unsniffed) made it's way through my credit cards (I justified it as educational), and then just last week, as I tried to lay down the law…Jo Malone's White Jasmine and Mint. I really loved that one the day I tried it, but sadly the love affair is over…..must consider learning more about swapping!
And I totally agree–lovely to hear how many other perfume addicts there are out there–my friends all think I am highly eccentric, although they are starting to enjoy that I have increasing knowledge of perfume recommendations for all of them! 🙂
PS And I'm almost glad that I didn't learn about Amouge Jubilitation or Gold until already way over my budget for perfume (I have a perfume budget?!?). Those would be hard to pass up if they were remotely approachable!
Still wishing they'd offer the 2 Jubilations in a little travel set! Gold is out of the question for me.
Hey, you didn't do bad at all this year. Lucky for you that we aren't counting candles, LOL!
And I would wait on the Kelly Caleche — it is at the discounters already, but guessing the price will drop as more of them get it in stock.
My annus bingeus was 2005, when I must have spent over $2000 on fragrance. I was a woman gone wild; I remember it was close to Christmas; I'd just read a book called Emotional Energy about finding something in your life to “keep your fly-wheel spinning,' and I discovered fragrance was just IT. I bought a TON of fragrance sets at the department stores at various Christmas discounts. Ouch! That was pre-eBay, which has become both a saving grace and the ruin of me — I can't say no to a $1.99 bottle of Pure Turquoise, for example, so I am a bit addicted to steals. As a result, I suffer the guilt of a girl with too many bottles she sort of wanted and not enough she really and truly wants.
Also, I haven't yet gotten into swapping in any kind of serious way; as several have said, I don't know if I want to own that high-maintenance pet. But it's inevitable, I suppose, and probably overdue. Whew!! I've looked at MUA for swap mates, but it's SO daunting!! And mostly I have non-niche stuff — I just discovered NST this year, so stumbled alone in the dark amassing mostly kind of average stuff, so have a real deficit of the much-coveted Cherguis and Ormonde Jaynes of the fragrance world. I mean, who the dilly has a decant of Live Luxe on their Wish List??
I do have one marvelous friend and fellow fragrance addict I met on-line who, fortunately, loves the same kinds of scents I do. I'm in Vancouver, Lizzzie's in San Diego, and we mail each other parcels loaded with decants and minis and samples at semi-regular intervals. It's like Christmas every few months! It's amazing how fragrance brings people together; she's 28, I'm 50, but our mutual passion has made us feel like a couple of soulmates and best friends, and we talk about much more than fragrance now. To anyone who is feeling alone and a bit guilty about their stash, I heartily recommend finding a fragrance pal to share with.
Next to finding Lizzie, the happiest I've been through all this craziness — I've got over 140 full-size bottles now — is since discovering Now Smell This, with Robin, Angela, Kevin and all their sweet, funny, smart posters. I really feel like I've “come home.” I'm spending less, acquiring fewer bottles, learning more, and — most importantly — feeling much less like a total weirdo for having this fetish. Thanks, everybody.
Not only is that not horrifying – it's wonderful! If I knew you, I'd hug you! 🙂
Wow, you did go wild! It is way harder, unfortunately, to find people who want to mostly swap mainstream things — mostly, people want to swap for stuff they can't easily test. But if you've already got a fragrance friend to mail packages to, that's half the fun.
And thank you for the kind words!
“Lucky for you that we aren't counting candles”
ROFL
It's just that I sampled Eau Sauvage Fraîcheur Cuir and bought it on the duty free shop on late november.. Still haven´t opened that.
Also My 888 is arriving on january, but as I “purchased it” albeit remotely on 2007 it still counts.
BTW, if I were to send you a decant of Vetiver Brasil (hypotetically speaking), should FedEx be the way to go or are messaging companies still fuzzy about liquids?
Regards
P from Argentina
This marks one year of serious fragrance collecting for me. I bought 14 bottles, 11 of those from discounters. Decants, purchased and swapped number 15. And my list of samples, free and otherwise, is over 100. I was recently thinking of my fragrance budget for 2008. I think I will buy fewer bottles, but more niche, and fewer samples now that I know my tastes more. Yesterday I was in Seattle Nordstrom's and had to count my blessing I don't live closeby; temptation like that might blow my budget. The SA there said they are the only north american retailer to sell the Chanel Exclusifs, btw. And another said the Goutal incense scents would be offered there eventually.
I'm a perfume-infant: no new bottles this year, but just in this last week samples of Mitsouko, Caleche, Samsara, Bois Farine, Timbuktu, Dzongkha, Avignon, Ourzazate, Jaisalmer, and Kyoto. I can't wait for them to arrive!
Gulp.
No way. I can't confess.
*Runs and hides the evidence of my Serge habit, Andy Tauer habit and all those vintage extraits*
Good thing that my cats don't need a college fund.
Hypothetically speaking, when most swappers send overseas, they use the regular post office and stretch the truth a wee bit about the contents. I should think Fed Ex would be outrageously expensive to send somebody a sample.
And open that ESFC!!!
🙂
And should have said — lucky for me that we aren't counting tea!
Hey, that isn't too bad at all, I don't think. I did far worse than you in my first year of serious collecting.
I wish I was closer to Nordstrom just for the free samples! But they are most certainly not the only North American retailer w/ the Chanel Exclusifs.
Hey, great samples, hope you'll love some of them!
Hey, don't worry, I'm not peeking over your shoulder 🙂
Ohhhhh, that REMINDS me, I was given the most lovely rooibos tea this past Monday…it's citrus eucalyptus. You want some? I'll send you some next time I pop in the shop (it's a local tea room)!
Can't resist — have honestly never had any such thing, and can't decide if it sounds good or ????
It IS good…surprisingly. Perhaps especially when feeling a bit under the weather. The eucalyptus was a new one for me in tea, but I liked it quite a bit. I'll send some your way one of these days! 🙂
Like carmen & SSG, my “annus bingeus” were 05/06. I am shocked to discover that this year I've only bought four (!!) bottles (Aldehyde 44, Bergamote 22, Ambre Sultan,& Tolu) and two of those (AS & Tolu) were replacement bottles. Sadly, with all those boutique scents plus a few decants here & there, my total is pretty high, even for such a low number of purchases. Mostly, though, I was good.
Don't ask me about shoes, though. That's where it all fell apart…
Thank you P!
Ah, I'd hate for you to see my shoes! I'm afraid I have not kept up well on the shoes & clothes front for the last few years. But hey, great picks — you didn't buy cheap, but you got great stuff. Always so happy to see someone else who loves Bergamotte 22, it doesn't get too many mentions and I think it is such a wonderful scent.
My perfume-passion really took off this year, and I have spent many hours glorious hours immersed in scent. I have bought 3 bottles a few minis and many decants this year. I missed this post in the xmas rush, but would like to say thank you to guys for your sensitive and informative posts. Your blog has brought great fun into my life, I'm so glad we met!
Hey, you've been very good — that isn't very many bottles for the year your perfume passion takes off!
And thanks for the nice words 🙂