I was about to make this a SOTD post, butt changed my mind as this question popped into my head. I know we all have and are still building collections. We all start out and are in different places in this journey. But I noticed how my FBW criteria has changed since I started and was curious about the other brothers. When I first started, I would hear about a scent, if I smelled it and liked it in the store it was an immediate bottle purchase not wear testing, not sample grabbing just straight to the bottle. Over time I have become a bit more discerning, now don't get me wrong I have still bought a couple of bottles by falling victim to the shopping excitement, but I have been lucky enough to still be happy with those. Now I am at the point that I will wear my samples a few times before I make a decision to add it to the FBW list. Because of the relationships at the stores I have made I have a crazy amount of samples to go through and I am doing that lately and just doing my samples that were either given to me by the salespeople or by my family at Christmas. and making some decisions. I'm wearing BTV - Hasu today. Now I know that Boadicea is a polarizing house. You either love it or hate it and most of the hate I have read online comes from pricing. I had worn this one a few months back and thought hmmm 🤔. this is nice, I'll have to revisit it. I chose it for today and both of my harshest critics gave me compliments. My wife and my book keeper both of whom never hold back (even when I think they should 😜). So this one will be added to the FB conversion list. So let me know. 1) What is your criteria to convert to a full bottle? 2) do compliments play a roll in your decision? Hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!!

Need help if anyone has smelled Michael Malul Ginger + Mist and M. Micallef Gintonic. Which is better and last longer. I've gotten my nose on ginger+mist but not the other. Very good scent and invigorating but have to know which lasts longer.

A few things into my collection scent to my collection, Jo Malone Silver Birch & Lavender, Jpg Le Male in blue, Le Beau Narcisse(Cause I like the bottle mostly) A couple of Dua, an original creation called Fresh AF, and a Quadbrid called Poseidon's Absolut With Eagle Gone Swimming D Parfum, an inspiration of Absolut by Creed, Althair by Parfums de Marly, Afternoon Swim by Louis Vuitton, and Y EDP by YSL, and Bianca Oro inspiration and Phantom on red inspiration. Bounty Hunter & Force Flow by Bath and body work.