Lately I've been spending most of my time working on a house or outdoors. Right now I'm sitting in a park in Morgan Utah, waiting for two people to finish a marathon. I've spent the last two weeks traveling and hiking. I finished all Mighty Five national parks last week and took a day to explore SLC. I found the only niche store in the entire state downtown, Solvi. What a fantastic little shop. Maya started the place out of frustration and curated a collection of her favorite brands. I tried almost all of them and we had a nice conversation about her favorite hidden gems and underappreciated brands. I left with a sample set of her favorites, but the highlight of the visit was finally getting Birntostandout Black Guava extrait on my skin. I'm still wearing and I'm very impressed with the brand. Well, right outside her shop was a place called Scents of Wood. It couldn't be? It was called a wood candle shop on the outside. Walking inside, I realized I had just stumbled into the HQ of the niche brand, with literally all their fragrances lined up in front of me. What a happy experience. I tried many, loved them all, and left with a phial of Hinoki in Hinoki. I tried too many things to list right now but I'll post some impressions and reviews at some point.

Am I late to the party or did I just see that we have a few more Khamrah line from Lattafa coming out. It looked like a green and red one I saw.

I’ve been a big fan of this line from the beginning and currently have 7 flankers including the OG on my shelf as it is, but lately Rasasi has been releasing flankers three and four at a time it seems making it pretty dumb trying to keep up now. My eye however has been on the Exotic and Thunder flankers as of late but still can’t find them anywhere online at the normal Hawas price range and/or widely rolled out yet. So as I’m going through my daily Jomashop scrolling at home today I see these final two additions that I had no idea even existed and haven’t seen any info regarding these online whatsoever. I impulse bought the Overdose. They both say limited quantity and are around the normal price range for these bottles (sub$50). Neither is registered on Fragrantica either. Did I just strike gold with this mystery release. Stay tuned for first wears when it comes in. Smell great brothers.

Montagne is posting layering suggestions for summer scents. Considering I have both of these, I may have to try this. Thoughts?

I was wondering if any of you use a particular fragrance for your vehicles. My car's signature scent is amber and leather from Maison Alhambra. It brings out the leather from my interior wonderfully! Of course, I only spray it on the carpet pants but it really makes a great leather scent for my interior. Do you gents have a fragrance that you like to use for your car? Im quite curious...