Yesterday was the day I finally "Had Enough"!! 😎. I realized that I haven't been giving my full bottles enough love, as I have SO many samples that I have been trying to get to. The more I try the more that shows up!! Especially if I god forbid, buy a full bottle of something at least 10 more samples show up! A great problem to have I know. But the lack of organization gives me a bit of anxiety. Yesterday I put all of my samples into ziplock baggies to be sorted through and categorized at a later time. This allowed me to go back to my closet and "nerd Out" on what I currently have and How to best use them. A month ago or so, my wife and I took our collections down to the basement (finished) so that we can figure out a better way to display them. Since our collection (we both are collectors) has gotten too big to display in the main area of the house without changing a lot of things, so we agreed to do something downstairs. I proceeded to make 10ml decants of each full bottle of mine and had these 3d printed holders made on Etsy. They have worked out great. They now sit in my closet for an easy opportunity to grab and enjoy them. That however, didn't sit well with my OCD, so I decided to label each holder. - Spring/Fall - Fall/Winter - Spring/Summer - All Seasons This way I can rotate based on season and keep the ones that are appropriate in good view. This also helped me realize that I am much heavier in Fall/Winter scents than other seasons so it will give me a great place to adjust my sample testing in the future and help me focus on Full Bottle conversions that will better round out my collection. I will start going through my samples and put them all into large Ziplock Bags labeled the same way so that I can work samples into the proper rotation. Sorry if this is a bit too much for the group, but I am interested if others have some type of "Plan" when it comes to organization and sample testing. Have a great Monday Everyone!!

Yesterday I cleaned out my ridiculous sample collection so I could do some organizing. I'll post what I have done so far in another post. That being said, I had taken all of my full bottles and moved them to our basement (finished) so that my wife and I can figure out how we want to display our ever growing collection. A little while back, I started making decants of each of my bottles so I can keep them in my closet for daily use. So while I still have a lot of samples to go through, I am developing a plan to work through them, but for the next little while as the seasons are changing, I am wearing scents I have full bottles with. SOTD: Brunello Cucinelli - Pour Homme This is such a fresh scent with Bergamot, ginger and some woody undertones. It comes out strong on the citrus in the opening and then drys down into a wonderful fresh sweet/spicy almost floral notes. This is Office friendly and a great compliment getter!

Hi gents, as I live in Istanbul I’m planning to get a sample from Nishane as it gets praised a lot. Because it’s still cold I think I’ll buy the “Karagoz” but I’m open to any other suggestions. What are your thoughts?