A friend of mine was cleaning out her mom's closet. They are moving into a smaller home now that they are retired, and she's been decluttering. Lo and behold, she found a box of perfumes that had never been worn, and her mom told her to just throw them away. Knowing that I love fragrances, she offered me the opportunity to go through the box and take first dibs. There wasn't much of interest, and what was interesting I already had a bottle of. But there on the bottom, was 15mL bottle of Hermes Oud Alezan, one of my favorite rose and oud fragrances, and a holy grail on my wishlist. The 100mL bottle is nearly $450, and it does not show up on discounters very often. The mom said it was her least favorite from the discovery set she had bought, and that she had never sprayed it after opening it for the first time. Just like that, it was mine. I've had lightning strike twice in the last week. Maybe I need to buy a lottery ticket.

the last 2 weeks was a perfect summary ok UK weather. 5 days back it was a high of 38°C. Today its 20. Got to juggle between summer and winter frags. Also picked up coral fantasy. Don’t have a picture because my housemate is hogging and rinsing the bottle. He doesn’t care much about frags but loves this one. There’s already a noticeable dent in the bottle. Got to wear it twice. Still the best from valentino imo. Got to revisit BBP and sailing day. Probably picking up a full bottle of sailing day. Smells nice on my skin.