I’ve expanded my fragrance collection with several new scents. Starting with Jo Malone Silver Birch & Lavender, I also have Jpg Le Male in blue and Le Beau Narcisse, which I particularly like for its bottle design. I also have a few Dua fragrances, an original creation called Fresh AF, and a Quadbrid called Poseidon’s Absolut With Eagle Gone Swimming D Parfum. This fragrance draws inspiration from Absolut by Creed, Althair by Parfums de Marly, Afternoon Swim by Louis Vuitton, and Y EDP by YSL. Additionally, I have Bianco Oro, inspired by white gold, and Phantom, inspired by red. Finally, I have Bounty Hunter & Force Flow by Bath and Body Works.

A mean green fragrance. Classy, well put together and got the hermes magic. Doesnt project well now but maybe the sample’s going bad (don’t store them very well). On my buy list but maybe i might choose between this and Loewe Esencia

I'm in New Orleans today with a very rare Sunday day off. It's also kind of the last weekend of the busy wedding season and the start of summer slow down for me. This was the craziest week. It started at the Grand Canyon and is ending in New Orleans. I met John Williams (yes, THE John Williams), shot 2 weddings in less than 24 hours, stayed awake for over 30 hours before finally getting to pass out in my hotel, and got to eat at three of my favorite restaurants in the entire world. It's been a good week. MY SOTD for the most part was alternating Andrea Maack's Dual and Acqua Di Gio EDT. It's been very hot and extremely humid (at one point yesterday, I had sweat so much that my hair was soaked), so I needed something that would get me through the day. ADG was the better choice of the two - it holds up really well to high heat and sweat and kept me feeling refreshed and like I wasn't stinking up the place. Dual was better for travel and being indoors. It was light and delicate and refreshing on it's own, but fell apart in the high humidity. I see that it's been discontinued, and I only have one 2mL sample left. I see it available in a few places, but it's too expensive to buy a full bottle. I may get a large decant at a more reasonable price to have for those summer days indoors where light and delicate makes more sense. Others I wore on the trip: ATH Daddy - worn for dinner with the family celebrating my parent's 56th Anniversary and our trip to the Grand Canyon. JPG Le Male Elixir - worn for dinner the last night in Grand Canyon. I'm still getting to know this one, and I love the scent profile, but it disappears very fast to my nose, and I'm surprised at how bad it's performance is, especially for an Elixir. Andrea Maack Zing - the next of her summer citrus fragrances. Worn to Dat Dog for dinner with my friends in NOLA last night. Like all of Maack's fragrances, it is absolutely beautiful and a true work of art. But the scent profile is too similar to other citrus musk fragrances, and at the price point, it's hard to justify a bigger purchase. Will enjoy the sample and move on.