Hey, everybody. It’s been a LONG time!! Just wanted to pop in and say hey to all my old friends from the community that I used to chat with and welcome anybody that has joined during my absence. I also wanted to post a SOTD for old time’s sake! Anyway, my SOTD today was a relatively new favorite of mine: Blue Talisman by Ex Nihilo. I really enjoy how light and refreshing it is while being a bit different from your typical “blue” fragrance. It does have some feminine qualities to it, but is still masculine enough for me with the musk and slight woodsy notes. It can be really nice when layered with something slightly more woody or something with a light leather note. In fact, there is an inexpensive, but quality, “inspired by” dupe by Arabiyat Prestige called “Kohl Opulence” that takes the Blue Talisman DNA and adds a slight leather and amber facet to the composition. This adds a slightly darker, richer, more masculine character to the fragrance that is REALLY pleasant. Cheers, everybody! —Jordan

So I finally got a proper display area for my collection. There's plenty of room left on the 2 shelves I'm using along with 3 more shelves, plus the top of the book case. In other words, I have plenty of room for more!! Everything looks so much better on these shelves!

Post shower choice for this evening is Amber Oud Bleu from Al Haramain. This is a very solid clone of Bleu de Chanel EDP. I would say it's about 85% accurate to BdC EDP. Citruses and mint with a slight spice mix together beautifully in the opening. An effervescent ginger, earthy vetiver and a soft floral from the jasmine. Followed by a smoky frankincense, creamy sandalwood, along with cedarwood and patchouli to add to the woody base. The smoky incense is what I love most about Bleu de Chanel, and although Al Haramain doesn't do it quite as well, it's still present and quite nice. Enjoy your night, gents!

Got a new shipment of goodies in today. I actually still have some decants coming in the mail later today and I'm also still waiting on 4 more fragrances from Scents of Wood. But so far today I've received a bottle of Xerjoff Uden, which smells great! It also came with a couple Precious Liquid samples and scent strips that were sprayed with some of their other fragrances. I already have a discovery set from them, but this did include a couple that weren't a part of the discovery set, so that was pretty cool of MaxAroma to do. I also got a 10mL of Hazelnut in Oak from Scents of Wood. First impressions - meh..it's so/so. And yesterday I received 7 more ATH samples. I couldn't believe it when I counted my ATH collection. I had no idea I was up to 22 fragrances now! 🫢 The latest additions are: - Bois Eternal - Fever - Midnight Fever (First impressions are really good on this one!) - Forbidden - Maverick - Neon - Tabac Extreme (NOT a fan of this one!) I'm starting to notice that there is a lot of overlap in Aaron's fragrances, and many of them have a similar smell. It's a bit disappointing, if I'm being honest. I feel like he should have a much broader spectrum of scents that cover more fragrance classifications. Anyway, I just thought I'd share some of my newest additions. Not sure if I'll be doing any reviews or not yet. We will see! Enjoy your afternoon, everybody!

My first full bottle from Scents of Wood! So stoked to have one of these in my collection, they are just so damn cool! Vetiver in Oak was pretty heavily discounted due to being discontinued, I believe, so I pulled the trigger and it's quite a nice scent. However, the 3 pack of 10mLs that I chose with this order stole the show. Patchouli in Rye, Plum in Cognac, and Oud in Bourbon are all fantastic! Easily my favorites out of my collection from them so far. Looking forward to giving these a test run! Oh, and don't mind the steamed look on the 3 pack of 10mLs, they just came in from 9°F and a wind chill of -4°. 😂 Enjoy your evening, everybody!