So, it finally happened. 💖 I honestly never thought I’d reach the top echelon of this community let alone as a woman in a group that’s almost entirely made up of men. As someone mentioned in another post, “First Female General” does have a nice ring to it… so I’ll happily take it, 5555🤣🤣 When i first joined, my main reason was simply to get full access to the visual guide to fragrance houses. I had no idea how much more I’d gain beyond that. Over time, what started as curiosity turned into friendships, fun experiences, and so much learning. Like any real family, we may not always agree and i’m sorry if i may come a bit too frank sometimes. But at the end of the day, we’re all here because of the same passion: our love of fragrance. When I last checked yesterday, I still needed almost 3,000 points, and I thought reaching Level 9 would take at least a couple more months. But then came the overwhelming love and support from this amazing community. You all truly made it possible faster than I ever imagined. A heartfelt thank you to @Lon Chaneyfield @Justice Kiabe @Michael LoCascio Sr @Renato Carotti @Raymond Reeves @Gunny Khan @Andrew G. @Julio Gutierrez @Scott Ripley for your constant encouragement, guidance and support. To @Antonio O. Centeno @Antonio Cent without whom this community wouldn’t be possible. To Mike Payne, who’s no longer with us but whose lessons continue to inspire me. (If anyone still has contact with him, please send him my gratitude. I’d love to try his perfume in person one day. And if he ever launches a YouTube channel, I’ll be the first subscriber! 😊) And to @Fernando Mendoza @Nestor Lopez @James Milson @Raul Olveda @Juan Rodriguez @Jeffrey Plotka @Brian McGuire thank you for giving me that final push when I needed it most. Logging in and seeing three separate posts celebrating me reaching Level 9 completely overwhelmed me in the best way. You all made this milestone truly special. 🥰🥰

I am refitting my WIR to be a better more usable space. I moved the frags from the corner next to the En-suite, to the other side on a newly installed shelf. Only 11 frags at the moment, there are 2 more coming soon.

Ok my first time to join a challenge and with a very exciting topic since i love movies. Wednesday Addams, the only daughter of Morticia and Gomez Addams. Being part of the Addams family, she is not your typical young girl. She is morbid, emotionally reserved and overly obsessed with death. She enjoys trying to kill her brother, Pugsley in as many creative ways as possible. In public, she would startle people with her gothic appearance and her interest in the macabre. She would not change her expression at all and even if you cracked the funniest joke, she would just stare at you with those blank emotionless eyes. She has sadistic tendencies and a dark, sarcastic personality that would definitely put off a lot of people. Despite this, there is still that attractiveness to her that captivates some people to pursue her or be with her. Is it her gothic appearance with that pale skin and long dark braided pigtails? Is it her sarcastic personality? Is it those cold emotionless eyes that stare at you as if she was gona kill you? I don’t really know but one thing I could say is she is definitely polarizing with that bold personality. Some people love her and some people hate her. So she has that dark, mysterious allure within her that can be off-putting to some. I could only think of one fragrance that fits that description perfectly. Tom Ford Black Orchid. Dark, bold, mysterious, alluring. The ingredients are black truffle, bergamot, black currant, the first things that you smell. Then the orchid forms the heart which is very rich and complex with some spices and eventually dries down to a sweet vanilla and earthy patchouli. Very warm and very sensual. While I do appreciate very much the complexity of this perfume and wear this often myself, a lot of people are also put off by it too saying it’s too heavy, it's too dark, too sad or depressing, smells like decaying funeral flowers (now that fits Wednesday’s fascination for death). It’s either you love it or you hate it. Dark, bold, mysterious, alluring and definitely polarizing.

My favorite month of the year is about to begin. I do an annual 13 days of Halloween movie marathon of spooky movies. The dumber, crazier, and more amateur the better. What are your some of your favorite Halloween movies? And, what fragrance would you pair with it???

Today to CELEBRATE THE 215th ANNIVERSARY OF MEXICO'S INDEPENENCE, I wore OCEAN THE RIVE from the House of UNIQUE 'E LUXURY.An EXTRAIT DE PARFUM. Launched in 2025. A Citrus aquatic olfative family fragrance. THE nose behind This fragrance Is GOKHAN SIMSEK. It opens with energetic grapefruit, bergamot and mandaríne notes, in the middle it offers a sea breeze, chamomile, cashmere and basil notes, and finished with creamy vanilla, Lighty sweet Amber, Patchouli and musk notes. An elegant and Easy wear fragrance for all days and all ocations a safe Office fragrance with better performance in spring-summer seasons and hot days. A deligthful drydown with aquatic/cashmere/lighty sweet/Patchouli touch notes. Projection 3-4hrs Sillage 1mt Stay on skin 6-8hrs. https://youtu.be/Aq4CccUx3-Q?si=zjUWJ9i363iEmhdW