...They should ban TikTok. Although I think it’s a symptom, not the cause, of the deterioration of humanity. Ultra-niche, ha ha. That’s a lame one. Hype-r niche would be more appropriate. I guess when niche goes mainstream it isn’t niche any more. Entrepreneur.com said back in 2015 ‘niche markets are so last year’. Apart from ‘juice’, frag, flanker, OG…

...The way to tell is to look at the sprayer. A genuine Tobacco Vanille has a hexagonal indent where the nozzle is. Fakes don’t go to that much trouble when copying.  It’s shown in the video. Everything else is just confirmation, that is the first thing to check. 

...Anything I could resell on eBay. 

...Top of my wish list is Pipe from TSVGA. I’ll take that over Austin any time. 

...Definitely an addict. Holidays/vacations are for me an opportunity to get away from what I do at home, and that includes fragrance. I’m more concerned about what I’m wearing than how I smell. 

...For all Parfum de Marly fragrances…Don't Need You, by Bullet For My Valentine

...Black Phantom by Kilian, and the ‘inspired by’ copy from the same perfumer, Cognac Cafe from Hayan Merchant.Paloma Y Raices by Homoelegans.

...4160 Tuesdays says ‘The short answer is that real musk - which I sniffed at the Osmotheque perfume archive in Versailles - smells like the donkeys at the beach.’

...It depends on what you mean by ‘best tea’! Some people love a mug of ‘builders’ tea. Some a cup of earl grey. Others Lapsang Souchong. Assam, Darjeeling, with milk or lemon, the possibilities are many. One person’s favourite may not be another’s cup of tea 😁Imperial Tea by Kilian. Russian Tea by Masque Milano (comes with a side of Kalashnikov)Tea for Two from L'Artisan Parfumeur, I thought this was discontinued but it’s back in stock. 

...eBay Main Street is a global grassroots action network that keeps you informed and engaged on public policy issues that affect ecommerce.It’s not ‘eBay’if you think you have it bad, try the UK. EBay will report over £1000 in sales (or around £20 a week). You’re taxed on what you earn. You’re charged VAT on anything you buy. So having been taxed on your earnings and purchases, you’re now charged a third time if you sell what you bought. And you’re taxed on your savings too. You’ll probably be taxed when you die too if you have property. 

...“Parfumo has been asked by a user to remove the term „Oriental“ from the fragrance notes database”In my opinion this sounds like ‘trouble making’, along the lines of ‘I’m offended! I demand you respect my feelings!’I wear a fragrance called Noir d’Orient from Evody. If the user finds word oriental unacceptable, are they going to write to Evody asking them to change the name of their fragrance? Memo has a fragrance, Oriental Leather. Lalique, Oriental Zinc. Les indemodables, Oriental Velours. Will Parfumo ‘censor’ these fragrance names if they remove oriental from the fragrance notes database? If not, doesn’t that imply a double standard?

...I keep them in their boxes. 

...Glad I’m not the only one. I cannot stand the abbreviation, or what it stands for, or hip-hop, and to me it says someone is too lazy to type out full words, lacks the ability to express themselves and/or wants desperately to be part of some zeitgeist. 

...Serge Lutens Veilleur de Nuit. If I’m going to bring back a discontinued fragrance it might as well be shockingly expensive (€600 for 50ml).

...Calling a fragrance ‘juice’, as if you squeezed an orange.