small perfume house with oil based fragrances - the sample set is affordable and so diverse! I ended up getting Rital Date and Sea, Sud, & Sun (fig perfume🚨) as full sizes
Apr 9, 2024
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The one with 20 samples for like $40. Nice to be able to try each one multiple times over many months and really decide which ones you like.
Some of my favorites: Like This, 500 Years, Clean Suede, Hermann à mes côtés me paraissait une ombre, Archives 69.
Most of the ones I liked were warmer scents; archives 69 was sweet and floral, but the rest had ginger, gasoline, cinnamon notes.
Overall a lot of fun to go through them all even the ones I really didn't like.
Sep 19, 2024
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Getting to try some sample size fragrances for a decent price before you delve into the full size bottle is really where it’s at. Many fragrance websites offer this option, but if you don’t see it on the site, you could try emailing and inquire about samples and whether you can buy any.
Sampling some unique and complex fragrances that end up lasting a while, you really get to switch it up.
Apr 15, 2024
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le labo, ds & durga, and plenty of the other indie perfumers sell samples of their perfumes for like $3 a sample! luckyscent.com also has decants of like any scent you could want. buy a sample pack and try different scents out till you find one or two you really like. then think about what aspect of the scent you like, and buy other perfumes samples with similar notes. once you find one you really love, buy a bottle!
you may find that some scents work best during the night but feel overwhelming for work, or maybe they smell great in the summer but are a little too floral and fresh for winter… half the fun of perfumes :)
Apr 17, 2024
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The concept was totally foreign to me until I started dating my new england bf who grew up with these outhouse-like showers during the summer. Treating it like a regular shower vs rinse-after-swim shower changes the game - it feels soooo invigorating to take a steamy shower and look up to see the trees and sky above and rocks below. 😌 just get used to being naked in a box outside and you won’t regret it.
Jun 22, 2024
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Ok - maybe not a poem and I’m stretching the boundaries of this prompt, but it’s an excerpt I always come back to.
“I am sitting at my kitchen table waiting for my lover to arrive with lettuce and tomatoes and rum and sherry wine and a big floury loaf of bread in the fading sunlight. Coffee is percolating gently, and my mood is mellow. I have been very happy lately, just wallowing in it selfishly, knowing it will not last very long, which is all the more reason to enjoy it now. I suppose life always ends badly for almost everybody. We must have long fingers and catch at whatever we can while it is passing near us.”
Jul 1, 2024
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I’m in two leagues rn and it’s so fun to connect with your long distance friends over songs and a little competition
Apr 9, 2024