“I find pastry to be extremely connected to my job as a perfumer: it requires a similar kind of precision, and perfect command of ingredients, and hundreds of trials to get to the right balance.” — Fanny Bal Mastery is rarely a single breakthrough. It is precision, command of your tools, and the willingness to run hundreds of trials without losing patience. The right balance is earned through repetition. Enjoy the #Journey. Love to hear from ya’!

Finally a decent not one or two mail call. 1. House of Cosmo Limited Edition: Dark Matter reformulated with Lux Prima 2. Tree of Tuba Antares and Arcturus 3. Superz Budapest Smesh and Morroco

BOS crew, here are a few standout posts from the BOS community this week. 👏 Big shoutout to @Lon Chaneyfield for “Scent Memory Is Real: Fragrances I Stopped Wearing After I Started Paying Attention to Other People” and exploring the personal associations fragrances can carry for the people around us. It encouraged a more considerate and reflective approach to wearing scent. Post: https://www.skool.com/bos/scent-memory-is-real-fragrances-i-stopped-wearing-after-i-started-paying-attention-to-other-people 👏 Shoutout to @Stephen DeMent for “Gratitude” and sharing both the difficult moments and the bright spots from recent months. His honest perspective reminded the community how much support and encouragement matter. Post: https://www.skool.com/bos/gratitude-1e97a1f7 👏 Shoutout to @Edgar Mertins for “New fragrances, and looking for the best Dior Homme for me...” and bringing a detailed fragrance-search question to the group. It invited helpful comparisons and made room for members to share their own Dior Homme experiences. Post: https://www.skool.com/bos/new-fragrances-and-looking-for-the-best-dior-homme-for-me 👏 Shoutout to @Rich Czerwonky for “Just a little story about my fragrance and a lady” and sharing a memorable personal story about the role fragrance can play in connection and memory. It was a great example of how scent discussions can go beyond notes and performance. Post: https://www.skool.com/bos/just-a-little-story-about-my-fragrance-and-a-lady

“He taught me to not be scared of my ideas and to work through the process with confidence and precision.” — Amandine Clerc-Marie Strong ideas need courage, but execution turns courage into results. Trust what you see, stay precise, and keep working the process until the idea becomes real. Enjoy the #Journey. Love to hear from ya’!

I've had a rough couple of months. It's just been one string of bad stuff after another. But despite that, I've had some really big wins and some bright spots that have shown through the clouds and made things better, even for a little bit. This board continues to be a source of light for me, and I really want to say thank you to @Raymond Reeves who surprised me with his unsolicited generosity. Thank you so much for the decants. I've been wearing Ottoman Amber every day since I opened the box, and I am definitely buying a bottle. It is the scent of my early adulthood, and it takes me right back to that place when i was in grad school, wearing a mixture of patchouli oil, frankincense, and myrrh that my then girlfriend had given me. I wore it on my wrists for years until it finally ran out. I still have the little bottle that I stored it in. It is the scent that my long time friends most associate with me, and I didn't realize how much I had missed it. But on that first spray, it was like coming home again for the first time in decades. My best friend told me yesterday that when she smelled it on me, she couldn't shake how much she associated it with the early days of our friendship. It is a scent that is so intertwined with my body chemistry that it may as well have been created specifically for me. I cannot thank you enough for this gift. I haven't even tried the others, yet, and there's a decant of Aqua di Gio Profumo in there that i am absolutely dying to wear. You have given me something that I didn't know I missed.