The journey so far... I started out as a youngster trying some Jovan Musk Cologne, Old Spice, and eventually Farenheit. This was the 70's to 80's timeframe. These were just appa-teasers for what was coming later on, in in my future. I didn't really know what I was doing but I enjoyed the scents and how it made me feel back then. 400years later I am on a trip in San Francisco for work and when I ran out of my cheap travel scents (I think is was some cheap Walmart water downed Mountain Fresh something) I decided to level up a bit, so I went to a Perfumery where a female sales lady taught me the ropes. She filled me in on the oil percentages, the differences of EDT and all that followed. I ended up with a small bottle of ADG Profondo and began with my research on this new addiction. The more I found out about it, the more I wanted. Don't get me wrong I already had a few scents, Polo Red, ADG Absolu, Coach, Azzaro Chrome and now Profondo. Now I am a wee bit more educated in it, that I know how lotion helps the scent last longer, about applying to the pressure points of your body and mostly to not walk into a spray like they do on TV. I have enough now that I have to acquire a proper shelf/stand for my small collection and let them breath a bit. I now know that some scents need to macerate for their full potential, some scents really are seasonal and there is a plethora of brands, styles, flavors and etc..... At this part in my journey I want to learn more about the scents like, what does patchouli smell like on its own, what is oud, what is bergamot and etc. I would love to do a meet-up, gain more knowledge, make new friends, network and do what we do, love this scentful life. This is just me sharing a bit, have a great day.

13 degrees today with a -4 windchill so I went with something deep and smooth and aromatic to cut through the cold. (Not that I'm going outside much today) Such a great one for the price.

From owning one perfume to having a scent library/fragrance closet that requires its own furniture.. how did we get here? Describe your current fragrance journey stage..

Yesterday, I acquired my last frags I ordered. YSL Y Intense EDP, Asad by Lattafa and the missing piece is a discovery set of Mind Games. I have had YSL Y scents on my list for a while since I got there samplers but the prices haven't been favorable, until now.(Thank you JOMASHOP Sale) Parfumo recommended Asad, so it was a blind buy but a very pleasant surprise. This scent to me is very manly strong but pleasant. Nice enough for my wife to pay it a compliment. She usually says , "It''s nice or It's okay" but this time her eyes lit up and said "ooh, me likes" As for my discovery set, its missing and the site states that it was delivered so I have reach out to them for that. Other than that I am happy, but broke...😁J/K Have a great rest of the day, my peoples.

Due to some inspiration from the Brotherhood, I recently purchased and acquired today a new scent, Hawas Ice by Rasasi. Thanks to the Brotherhood and a video on Hawas, a while back (sorry I couldn't find who posted it). I found a sweet deal on this crisp and ZEST-fully clean fragrance. I did just a quick spray to sniff the scent out and it is crispy, icy and citrusy at the beginning and it left me feeling like I just got out of the shower when it dries down. Just like the ZEST commercial back in late 80's " You're not fully clean unless you are ZEST-fully clean". It's going to be great for this warehouse work my job has me doing. I'll post my thoughts on it once I get a full wear of it. Have great rest of your day, my peoples.😀