There’s a great deal at Selfridges at the moment, for all UK-based fragrance fans. The Fragrance Edit 2 has 6 travel atomisers of niche perfumes. It contains: 1 - Fragrance du Bois Lucius EDP 7.5ml 2 - Bond no 9 Lafayette EDP 10ml 3 - Escentric Molecule E01 EDP 8.5ml 4 - Birkholtz Portraits of Portafino EDP 10ml 5 - Ex Nihilo Blue Talisman EDP 7.5ml 6 - Mizensir Amber Magique EDP 8ml RRP is £227.50, but actual price is a mere £55. Even better, the original Fragrance Edit, which contains: 1 - Marc-Antoine Barrois Ganymede EDP 10ml 2 - Ex Nihilo The Hedonist EDP 7.5ml 3 - Escentric Molecules Molecule 01+ Champaca EDT 8.5ml 4 - Penhaligons Halfeti EDP 10ml 5 - Memo Paris Odeon EDP 5ml 6 - Maison Crivelli Oud Maracuja Extrait 5ml RRP £192, original price £55, sale price £38. Which is LUDICROUS value. I bought it at £55, nearly bought another today. I own both, and will almost certainly buy The Fragrance Edits 3, 4 and beyond if they bring us such incredible savings with those. https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/cat/?freeText=fragrance%20edit&srch=Y

I thought Id try the weekly SOTD log post since I havent been completing daily SOTD posts, so here we go. Thanks to @P. Andrew Sandlin and @Nick Clemente for three of the wears this week! Penhaligon's Halfeti - A high quality oriental aromatic. Green, creamy nutmeg, leather/oud, and spicy amber. Very well blended and high quality. Performance is strong. I wore this to work, spraying 5 total sprays and when one of my folks walked in they asked what new cologne I was wearing as they could smell it all the way down the hall coming up to the office. Not wife approved sadly. Not FB worthy, but I may get a 10mL to have at my disposal. PDM Sedley - Good quality, but I don't get the spearmint or sprite profile I've heard talked about time and time again. A versatile and fresh scent. Its aromatic with a slight herbal/floral aspect. Performance is good lasting 6-7 hours. Zaharoff Signature Pour Homme - A classy, balanced and mature gentlemanly scent. Its clean lavender, spicy myrrh, and woody sandalwood. You could wear this year round, but maybe not in the highest heat of the summer. Performance was acceptable. It lasted 7 hours, projecting nicely for the first hour or so. This one didn't grab me, but you could do much worse. It was neither wife approved or nor disapproved. I got a sample set from the house to try out the signature line, so more to come. Hellenist Les Dieux aux Bains - This falls in my comfort scent category. My number one is Sailing day, but this is one I've been reaching for too. This is a light and fragile fragrance. Very calming and pleasing. Clean, aquatic, and aromatic. Its airy, watery and clean...it reminds me of a lighter Pacific Rock Flower. I think its a very 'French' type of house, if you know what I mean. This is unisex, not leaning fem or masculine. Performance is hard for me to gauge. It has ambroxian, which I think makes it disappear to my nose. I get whiffs, and can smell it when I put my nose in my wrist but its not strong. Lasts some hours, hard to tell thus far as I need more testing. I really enjoy it when I smell it. I also have a sample set from the house to try out the rest of their offerings.

After about 15 months of building my collection I think I have hit a plateau of some sort. My collection is up to about 50 bottles and the same number of decants. I've sold several off the past few months and curated the collection a bit. I have all the seasons covered, I have(or at least tried) most of the fragrance categories and notes and now know what I like and don't like. I have dupes, designers and niche (mostly in decants). I find now though, I'm not really actively looking for new frags to try. I go on here everyday and check it out and on Rescented but not as many times a day as I used to. I don't stop in Sephora/Ulta/Macys every chance I get to try out the frags, only once in a while. This happen to anyone else or have I just reached a certain phase of collecting?

Some fragrances make an immediate impression that doesn’t really change.Terre d'Hermès was one of those for me. The first time I smelled it was in a gift shop on the way to Mahogany Bay in the Caribbean. One spray was all it took. What stood out then is still what stands out now: bright citrus, earthy mineral tones, and dry woods coming together in a way that feels refined, natural, and very controlled. In heat and humidity it behaves exactly how it seems to have been designed, transparent, close to the skin, and best when reapplied rather than expected to project for hours. It’s not a “beast” fragrance, and it was never meant to be. To me, that’s part of what makes it work. The perfumer designed it to stay elegant and airy rather than dominate a room. That’s exactly how it responds. It’s one of the fragrances I confidently call a masterpiece.

London was launched back in 2006, created by perfumer Antoine Maisondieu, a scent that's firmly rooted in the woody‑spicy‑aromatic family. It's an enjoyable fragrance, said to have been designed to capture the character of the city itself: It's warm, structured & slightly smoky. It came out at a time when “woody spicy” was king, and unlike many modern releases that chase trends, this one has a timeless qruality. Nothing flashy, nothing sweet, just solid, well‑built fragrance DNA. It’s not a clone, not a cheap copy, and not trying to be anything other than exactly what it is: a proper, grown‑up, designer fragrance that was made to last, and honestly, it’s aged better than most from that era. With a bright opening, the zesty bergamot cuts straight into sharp, spicy cinnamon & black pepper. The lavender adds a clean, herbal edge, stops it from being a spice bomb. At its core, cedarwood takes centre stage, the dry, pencil‑shavings mix well with saffron to bring that rich, golden, slightly metallic/spiced warmth. Mimosa adds soft, powdery, floral depth without being sweet. At its base, a dry tobacco leaf, mixes with an earthy patchouli. Then a sweet‑resinous Opoponax gives that warm,balsamicb vibe which is paired with a clean musk to anchor it. Performance here is ok, nothing beastly though. I get about 4 hours on skin, it projects well for the first 60 to 90m. Let it get on your clothes and it will linger all day long. It's still a descent scent,, considering it's age. It is 100% autumn/winter, night‑time, smart‑casual to formal office, dinners, dates, weddings, or anytime you want to smell sharp, trustworthy, and well‑dressed. If you’re into rich, dry, woody scents with real depth and zero gimmicks, this is exactly the kind of thing you’ll appreciate. My Rating 6.5/10 Scent 2 Longevity 2 Sillage 1.5 Y/N 1