I enjoy crafting these short reviews and found "the less is more" thinking with them. Here's one that's also my scent of the day; LORE Fragrances Sublimity. The definition of the word is the quality of being sublime. It describes something that is so grand, beautiful, or excellent that it inspires great admiration, awe, or even a sense of spiritual elevation. This is a great "beach day/ cool to warm weather/ out in the sun" wear. Ylang ylang, coconut nectar and sandalwood tie this together in a neat light fragrance that isn't loud and great for the workplace. Having received this a few months ago, the wear of it today is impressionable; I heard some teammates admiring how great I smelled this morning. The fragrance lived up to it's name and meaning. About LORE - it didn’t begin in a corporate boardroom. It started as an invisible connection between three close friends: Mel, Greg, and Joe. Driven by a shared vision of human connection and emotional storytelling, they set out to build a brand that translates the human experience into scent. Today, that friendship has grown into LORE—a world of complex, rich, and deeply emotional fragrances designed to take you somewhere. The three founded LORE on the belief that scent is a universal language. Instead of telling you how to feel, LORE’s fragrances invite new meaning through your own unique wear. Every scent is a juxtaposition—comforting yet unexpected, familiar but entirely new. True to the founders' values, the company is built on absolute inclusivity. Every product is intentionally designed to transcend traditional labels, welcoming all: - Genders and fluid identities - Personal histories and emotional journeys - The unique "things we carry" as human beings At it's heart, LORE is more than a luxury product line. It is a distinct way of seeing ourselves and each other. It honors the stories we share and the realities we shape together. The founders embrace the philosophy that life and community are beautiful, big, and a little bit broken. Through LORE, they prove that within those cracks, everything is possible.

I may have been quiet on here lately but the love is still there. Thought I would share what i have picked up the last month. Tomavicci just came today and had been in the sun all day will let that one recover a bit.

Here is some eye candy for you boys and girls. I didn't buy out the place like @Lon Chaneyfield but the haul will keep my nose busy for many weeks. Photos are missing 5-10 samples since the wife stole them...lol On this post wont talk about each one, but will do on subsequent posts. Enjoy!

Finally recouping from ScentFest, figure it's time to post some picks, hanging out with the boys, @Aditya Choksi @Thomas Chavez finally got to meet @Lon Chaneyfield and @Antonio Centeno which by the way if I could get a copy of the photo you took of us outside that would be great. We utilized all 3 days and the VIP pass was fantastic. I will get my haul pics put together for a later post.

So I’ve noticed a trend recently that Youtubers are spending more and more time glazing Middle Eastern brands and clones, with more and more “Top 5 dupes for summer” or “Top affordable fragrances for date night” or whatever that just keep recycling the same offerings. At the same time I keep seeing the same Youtubers at exotic locations, like the pyramids or Maldives for events thrown by these brands. Now, I always had to take with a grain of salt anything that these folks had to say for the most part, and I get that hyperinflation is putting more and more designer and niche offerings out of reach for most people, but I feel like the trend is resulting in less and less content that is relevant to me or that I feel I can learn from. Or that I can trust as being truly impartial. At the other end of the spectrum, there are a few true content creator connoisseurs that don’t seem swayed by paid promotions and aren’t following the trend to emphasize Middle Eastern and clone offerings, but my issue with them is they feature all these random super ultra niche houses and frags that are nearly impossible to sample — and when I do manage to sample them, for the most part they turn out to be beautiful works of art that are absolutely unwearable for me. So I’m feeling stuck in the middle and less and less satisfied finding content I like. Anyone else feeling this way?