The Fragrance Maven

I recently had a birthday, my 30th to be exact. It was properly celebrated between my wife and me, escaping the uncomfortably chilly and wet air of this New Jersey winter and opting for the sunny warmth of the Caribbean. I spent my January birthday swimming with fishes in the ocean, partying, and consuming an absurd amount of food and alcohol with my wife. It was a day I will never forget. As a fragrance enthusiast, I have gotten into the habit of wearing certain scents on special occasions to create and enhance the memories of the day. When my enthusiast journey began upon receipt of a Versace Eros gift set from my wife (then fiancée) during Christmas of 2020, Eros immediately became my go-to special occasion fragrance. After wearing it for my 28th birthday dinner just a couple of weeks after Christmas, it became cemented as the fragrance I would wear for each birthday going forward. Versace Eros (Eau de Toilette), with its incredible balancing act of minty freshness and warm, vanilli...

There is something else I need to be writing, something very important to both my academic and professional career. Yet the many distractions, both large and small, at play with my laughable ability to prioritize and focus have all turned my academic mind into mush. The next best option will be to read more of my research materials, and I will (seriously), but first I will go ahead and waste a bit more of my own time.      I have many hobbies and interests, including films, video games, comic books, TV shows, history, cooking, etc. But my more niche hobby relative to my friends and family is collecting and curating fragrances. Am I going to talk about how this became a  thing  for me? Absolutely not. If these useless write-ups are going to be something I decide to do regularly, then perhaps that is a story that will come about organically. For now, all that needs to be known is that collecting fragrances has been a hobby of mine for couple of years, having falle...