A perfume Addict’s Diary 05: May

In my mind May was quite calm. But in the end I have a lot to get off my chest, so even if it's a bit early on in the month, I'll pen this thing down. So sit tight, put on some comfy slippers, have a drink and enjoy.

Easy like a sunday morning

May started off calm, as promised. I had just bought a bottle of Uden and I don’t want to get kicked out of the house by the missus so yeah. But after a week of two I’m getting restless again. Now I have quite a couple of Xerjoff bottles, I feel this urge to expand that collection. The collection that Naxos is part of isn’t that expensive if you know where to look. They’re all quite fresh and cirtussy I believe. Not something I want to bring into the collection per se, so I’ll pass for now. I’ll be a good boy and sample them first.

Guerlain is also a brand I constantly hear good things about. Last month I got my first Guerlain (Habit Rouge Rouge Privé) which I really like so now I'm eyeballing things like Vetiver Eau de Toilette, Guerlain Homme Eau de Parfum and Héritage After Shave Lotion. Basically all the stuff you can't find in any store around here... Maybe I'll just plan another trip to Paris then, and visit all their beautiful boutiques 😁

Then along came Mother's Day. My son and I wanted to give her a perfume, but nothing too expensive. We saw that Goldfield & Banks have great little 10ml bottles, so we picked Pacific Rock Moss, a nice and fresh summer banger. They have some very nice ones besides that one as well that went straight onto my wishlist, no rush though. I've now got this new mantra:

Do I have to have it NOW? Do I HAVE to have it now?

Collections on Parfumo

I don't know about you, but I love to curate my collections all the time. Looking through my wishlists, see if I didn't miss anything or making new lists of stuff. Anyway, as my wishlist was growing and growing, I figured I'd only put stuff on it that I'm absolutely acquainted with. I made a new list of stuff I'd want, but have to get a decant of first. This way I'm blueballing it better (thanks for that expression @Wusubi 😂👌).

But! Somehow I've got this bug in my head. I'm playing with the idea of doing a blindbuy. It's like a gamble, and I'm craving some excitement. So I've created another list on here with possible blindbuys. And I'm not talking those cheap Laliques or anything, I'm talking exclusivity. Stuff you can't find easily in shops. If you have any suggestions for sure fire hits, please let me know!!

Nutbush City Limits

I was in town last week, had a hoot. My favorite perfume house Skins had opened a new location there, so I had a visit. I tried Burgundy Oud which was very nice, strong and long lasting. I can still smell it off my coat and it's been over a week ago now! Also visited some lesser perfume stores to smell Kouros Eau de Toilette and Antaeus Eau de Toilette. At first I gave Kouros the trophy but in the end Antaeus is the more interesting one. Less grandpa juicy, more depth and feelgood wearing it. I've gotten a sample of that from the store owner. Later that week the store had a 25% discount offering but I resisted because they have those kind of actions all the time so I'm even hoping for 30% off when it's Father's Day. Quickly, what was that mantra again!



Also I bought a set of 5 decants of Penhaligon's there at Skins. I had high hopes but to be honest there's only one that's a Full Bottle contender and that's Halfeti Leather. My son really loves The Blazing Mister Sam and I can't blame him, that one's amazing too but does not fit me.

Angels

And then came along an Angel called @LeatherLace who provided me with an enormous load of decants. Just wow all those scents are amazing! A lot of stuff I always wanted to smell, but also some stuff I wasn't familiar with at all but landed on my radar now. I've yet to try a lot of her stuff but I'm already smitten by Unutamam and Megamare. That'll fix my addiction for now!