Got a decent haul this week. Sold a few bottles to free up space for these babies. - Amouage Beach Hut Man - this has been on my radar for a couple months and in its current presentation has been discontinued. Rumors of it be re-released in a new bottle, already making this a collectors bottle. Minty, herbal, with a touch of a resinous note in the base - Naxos - don't need describe this beauty. Snagged it locally from FB Marketplace, brought a a sample to compare smell, even one of my Xerjoff caps to confirm it was legit. - Tiziana Terenzi Kirke - fruit basket banger, got to try it when I was in Italy and both wife and I loved it, she said she would share with me. Snagged the bottle in a sweet bundle deal with the Zaharoff Signature Tabac. Very similar to Xerjoff Erba Gold without the musk. Sold the Xerjoff and kept this one. - Zaharoff Signature Tabac - fantastic photo realistic tobacco and surprisingly kinda fresh take on the profile, can be worn year round. - Moschino Toy Boy and Marwah - grab these 2 in a cheap bundle deal. Wife bugged me long enough to get Toy Boy, I just resisted for so long because of the bottle design, haven't worn that one yet. Marwah was also blind, but heard it was dupe of LV Imagination which everyone races about, $35 for both, shoot why not!?

Indulge me if you please... Here's my 1907 journey after 36 hours: I got it at a good price from a reputable online retailer knowing that I really don't want another mango frag but I kept hearing great things about this stuff, and I sampled it before with a vague memory of it. At first I was VERY disappointed because it was simply God of Fire or Ophidian Mango Bliss or Feu or Omotesando Tsuyu or whatever, even though there's no mango note listed. The retailer was willing to take it back and I had it all packed up ready to go back, but I continued to read and smell it on the strip and compared... After 3 hours, I was still pissed with my purchase. After SIX hours on paper, things started to change. I cancelled my return and continued to observe. Now after 36++ HOURS I get it. This is NOT simple stuff. This ain't no mango frag. This is a warm and spicy and cinnamon complex in only the best way possible. And I'm guessing that I'm not catching everything yet. I'll need more time with this one, but it's not for the guy (or girl) that's going to spray it and in 15 minutes, make up their mind. I have a number of bottles from this House, but this one requires some time to get to know. It's quite remarkable - which is why I'm remarking! That's all I got for now. Oh BTW, thanks go out to @Lon Chaneyfield for his help with this one too.👍

Has the Hawas Line Become Too Fractured? Rumors, Rapid Releases, and Quality Control Has anyone else noticed how chaotic the Hawas lineup has felt this past year? It feels like we’re getting a new release every few weeks, but the bigger concern is what’s happening behind the scenes. I recently caught a video where a content creator mentioned that the family behind the brand split up. According to the creator, Hawas is allegedly being manufactured in four different locations—each with its own direction and quality control standards. If true, it feels like a classic "fragrance family feud" where the consumers are taking the hit on batch consistency and quality. Has anyone else heard this rumor or noticed stark differences between recent bottles and older batches? Personally, my take is to hold off on buying into the hype until things stabilize and there's clarity on what's actually in the bottle. What are your thoughts?

So lately I have been getting back into watching frag YouTubers and lately, I feel they have been aligning more and more with each other and sponsors coming in their waves. One YouTuber comes out with x Video and within a day 5 others have very similar videos and I am talking about bigger channels, not the small ones trying to get a start. What triggered this, The new Montblanc came up, I watched the video and so of course the YT algorithm fed me more, so I watched, so many videos all posted within a day or so say with all the same talking points it "Dior Sauvage meets Aventus Absolu" it was literally those 2 frags specifically mentioned by everyone and their mother and their hair dressers. More often then not, sometimes I feel like their is some Fragrance Media Group and underneath them are a lot of these influencers, they have meetings, discuss content and talking points etc. New World Frag Order conspiracy😆 Their "influence" on me is basically non existent, once I started to see this pattern awhile back. I am not complaining, I enjoy watching the content, if not just for info, but for entertainment as well. What do you guys think about this?

There’s a point where collecting stops being primarily about fragrance appreciation and becomes completion-driven collecting. It’s the mindset of: “I already have the one I love, but now I need the Intense, Parfum, Elixir, Limited Edition, Night Edition, Summer Edition…” The actual scent can become secondary. The urge to own the complete line becomes the motivation. A few signs of this collector mindset: Completion over preference: “I don’t love it, but I need the set.” Flanker propensity every new release creates an urge to acquire it. Fear of an incomplete line: owning 6/7 somehow feels incomplete. Bottle-family appeal: the visual continuity of a collection becomes part of the attraction. Acquisition becomes the reward: sometimes the excitement of obtaining the bottle exceeds the excitement of wearing it. Redundancy gets rationalized: “They’re different enough” even when the actual wearing experience is very similar. The house becomes the object: you’re no longer collecting fragrances; you’re collecting the brand’s universe. And honestly, this isn’t necessarily bad. It’s just a different type of collector. Someone may buy a flanker because they genuinely enjoy it; another buys it because the OG without the flanker feels incomplete. With a very large collection, that distinction becomes particularly interesting: Are you collecting scents, or are you collecting completeness?