I set a goal at the beginning of 2026 to use up as many of my samples as possible, and today I used up number 114 - Amouage Lyric Woman - making it the 300th slay of the day since I started tracking in 2024. It's a beautiful scent that i really appreciate, but it has almost no projection or longevity on my skin. It completely disappeared after about 3 hours - even my assistant says she can't smell it. But those three hours are beautiful. It's a soft, smokey, spiced scent that has that signature Amouage funkiness to it. I'm curious if the Man version would work better on my skin and give a different experience. Some fun stats: Over the last two years, I have logged over 1,350 individual wears of 516 individual fragrances. It doesn't include a number of stuff that isn't in the Parfumo database, and I've missed logging stuff here and there, plus the first few months of my journey before I started using Parfumo regularly, so the actual number is highter. It says my most loyal is Cedrat Boise, which seems right. My most frequently worn is Fine'ry Mystical Nomad (a clone of Byredo Gypsy Water) My least worn is Lattafa Bade'e al Oudh For Honor and Glory, which I've had since 2024 and haven't worn since the first day I got it (I just don't vibe with the overly sweet creme brule like I thought I would - if anyone wants it, hit me up). My signature for the colder months is Tom Ford Black Orchid (and Black Orchid Reserve, but I just picked it up back in May and haven't had much opportunity to wear it). My signature for the warmer months is Acqua Di Gio EDT - which I'm completely out of and have been debating getting a full bottle, or switching up to the Parfum version. Is anyone else tracking their fragrance wears like this? I'd love to see what everybody else is doing and what y'all's stats look like. Please share.

Hey guys, Joe A. here with today's Scent of the Day : Telegrama by Imaginary Authors - Day 350.Parfumo lists notes of talcum, lavender absolute, vanilla, black pepper, linen, amyris, and teak, giving it a powdery, spicy, sweet, woody, fougère profile.I get it as powdery, softly sweet, and vintage-clean, with black pepper keeping the cozy, classy old-fashioned vibe from drifting all the way into grandma’s powder room.First Sniff: Like flying first class back when people dressed for it.https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2cNTTWiyxiE

The fragrance opens with a beautifully composed citrus accord, balancing bitter zest against a softer, almost sunlit sweetness. The contrast feels crisp and sophisticated, giving the opening a vibrant freshness without becoming overly sharp. At around 15 minutes, a beautiful ginger note begins to emerge alongside the citrus, introducing a sparkling, gently spicy energy. By 30 minutes, citrus and ginger settle into an elegant harmony, creating a profile that feels bright, aromatic, and exceptionally polished on my skin. At around 60 minutes, the citrus begins to soften, although traces remain woven throughout the composition. Soft woods and musk slowly rise underneath, adding warmth and texture while beautifully complementing the lingering ginger and citrus. The dry down settles into an elegant blend of soft woods and clean musk, illuminated by the restrained sweetness of amber. Petitgrain and ginger linger in the background, providing a distinctive piney, green, and subtly sparkling freshness that keeps the composition vibrant even as it settles closer to the skin. Overall, this is a beautifully balanced fragrance that moves effortlessly from bitter-sweet citrus and sparkling ginger into soft woods, musk, amber, and aromatic petitgrain. Fresh without feeling simplistic and refined without becoming overly formal, it carries an understated elegance that wears exceptionally well. Performance: Projection is good, creating approximately a two-foot scent bubble for over two hours. Sillage is equally solid, leaving a noticeable 2+ foot scent trail for more than two hours. Longevity falls around 6–7 hours, becoming a skin scent at approximately the three-hour mark. My Rating: 8.5/10

Today is the first wear from the full bottle of Blue Talisman Extrait, and I was thinking this morning about how different that feels compared with wearing a sample. There is a whole little journey that happens first. You try the scent. You wear it a few times. You decide whether it really deserves a place in the collection. Then you order it. You wait for it to arrive. And finally, that first spray comes out of your bottle. For some reason, it just hits differently. The best way I can describe it is like walking across the desert with no water and finally getting that first drink of cold water. Maybe a little dramatic 😜, but there is something incredibly satisfying about finally getting to wear the fragrance you decided was worth committing to. A sample is exploration. The first wear from a new bottle feels more like arrival. And Blue Talisman Extrait was definitely worth the wait. T here is something about seeing the bottle sitting there, knowing it now has a permanent place in the collection, and getting that very first wear out of it that makes the whole experience feel more complete. Today I’m not really analyzing the fragrance. i’m just enjoying the fact that it is finally mine. 😎 That first wear from a brand-new bottle really is its own kind of fragrance experience.

Aspen / Guy Fox — well I’m gonna have to amend my last review, as I’m getting compliments literally *12 hours* after I applied it, so this will be going into heavy fall rotation 😏