Lon had this as his birthday scent of the day and my day consists of youth sports, daughter has Volleyball and my son has baseball I will take them to as my wife is playing in a tennis tournament, bummed I won’t get to see her play. She was a college tennis player and trying to still compete, this is her first tournament out of college retirement so wishing her along with all my athletes in the family the best today. Going to either Saltgrass Steakhouse or Texas Roadhouse for dinner and will probably wear my favorite evening scent which is Givenchy Gentleman Society Ambre or might wear PDM Haltaine as that’s another favorite.

I am so excited about this I couldn't wait to come in here and post. Y'all know I'm a HUGE fan of Imaginary Authors. I joined their loyalty program when it was created in 2024 and I've been buying their fragrances exclusively on the website to get into higher and higher levels. Each level has better and better perks. At level 3 you get access to their Rare Books Room which has some of their discontinued and sold out fragrances available. At level 4, they offer an exclusive fragrance available only to people who have reached that level. Level 5 - the highest, which I have not yet reached - gives insider access to fragrances in development and a $200 loyalty reward on your birthday. They have teased the Level 4 exclusive fragrance for about a year now, showing the name, Hall of Hallucination, but also showing it as unavailable. It finally released last week, and I used some of my tax return to jump on it. I've been waiting like a kid on Christmas for it to show up in my mailbox, and it arrived today, two days early! It's now the most expensive fragrance that I've paid full price for in my collection. Doing the initial out of box test spray, I am overjoyed. It's beautiful. Funky, kind of weird, and lives up to the name. It just popped up on Fragrantica, and I got to be the first one to click "I Have." I'm so happy right now I could burst. I'll do a full review in a couple of weeks when I've had some time to wear it for a bit and get to know it better, but so far I'm absolutely chuffed. :D The samples that came with it were for Bull's Blood and Slow Explosions. It also came with a free tote bag.

I've really become a Chanel fan this year and look forward to adding at least one more this summer. Which is your favorite?