There have several interesting threads recently about collecting fragrances and philosophies behind collections. I'm only about two years into my own journey and have been buying new bottles regularly. (I think I have 42 or 43 bottles now.) And I've been thinking about trying to design an ideal (for me) fragrance wardrobe of 28 bottles: seven for each season. So just a quick poll: what's the ideal collection size for you? And if you'd like to explain in the comments, even better. Thanks, gentlemen.

There comes a time in every fragrance collector's journey where they finally stop looking down the fork in the road and step boldly down that windy and treacherous path named Xerjoff. Today my birthday present to myself arrived, a full size full presentation of the one the only - often imitated and never duplicated - Naxos. As a first purchase, I think this is a fairly safe bet for almost anyone, but I did purchase a sample of this and several other fragrances prior to my European trip in March and felt that this definitely was one fragrance that felt like it was worth the cost of admission. There's a couple of others from the house that I'm interested in as well, but at the price point they are not impulse/blind buys. Anyways, I've been pretty quiet on here lately and thought I'd share my recent haul with you all came with samples (not pictured) of Bois Imperial by Essential Parfums and PDM Layton - which I've never actually had the privilege of trying or smelling. So I'm actually pretty excited for that sample as I've smelled and own a couple of samples of Bois Imperial. Stay fragrant my friends!