The Fragrance Maven

In my very first post not long ago, I expressed a desire to downsize my fragrance collection. My reasoning: “fragcomm” and influencers have a tendency of promoting what I believe to be unhealthy habits in spending and hoarding. The average consumer does not need more than five full bottles of perfume, in my opinion. Yet, there I was with more than 60. There is no need to extensively revisit how my collection got to that point. Impulsivity, disposable income, and persuasive influencers were all factors. Now that I have reduced my collection to 45 bottles, I have reached something of a crossroads in this journey. My goal of 20 bottles is an attempt to strike a balance between how I interpret practicality, and the passion I have for a diverse collection. A rule I had given myself was to remove two in my collection for each new one I would obtain. The problem? Of the 45, all of them I love due to various factors ranging from composition to sentimentality. Some are cheapies, some are expen