Much like @Dave Anderson, I started collecting in December 2024 almost to the day today. My first order, after watching a handful of YouTube influencers (mostly Justin Copeland), was: - Moustache EDP by Rochas - Individuel by Montblanc - Brioni EDP Eclat - Aimez Moi Comme Je Suis by Caron I think I spent about $230 and my wife was not all that happy wondering why I needed SO MANY bottles! During the past year, I have learned some very interesting history (e.g. Egyptians/Cleopatra, Marco Polo, the de Medici family, the French and other European countries, etc etc). During the early summer, I had the good fortune to find the House of Dubai and the House of Niche in the Rosemont shopping mall, where I met my man in fragrance, Aftab. Aftab is single-handedly responsible for my addiction to all those niche/polarizing frags. During the year I met a few of you in person; @Jamal Moore , @Paul Bartnicki , @Antonio O. Centeno , @Renato Carotti , and @Lon Chaneyfield. I believe I have developed good online friendships with MANY of you including @Jonathan Ventura , @Thomas Chavez , @Sean Kavanaugh , @Mark DiCiero , @Brett Sutton , @Henry Clay , @Srinesh C m , @Aditya Choksi , @Michael LoCascio Sr, @Blake Merl, @Edward Mooney, @Jermaine Carolina, @Dovi Rubelow, @Jeff Beason, @Stephen DeMent and MANY others.

Picked up my first CR frag today courtesy of @Ben E! It was 75 degrees in Phoenix so very nice out and perfect weather for this frag. It’s sweet and tropical from the guava, mango milk and pineapple. There’s a nice mix of coconut, sugar and melon in the mid and in the base I pick up a nice dose of wood and rum. Think tropical island vacation with some booze. I put it on at 1pm and it projected pretty well until about 6:30. At that mark the scent bubble dulled a bit and it has since gone away as of writing this. Overall a nice warm weather frag. Sorry to all the people dealing with frigid cold right now.