Fantastic video. I agree with a lot of these points and have fallen victim to a lot of the same regrets. https://youtu.be/14ZSMysbarE I'd say my biggest regrets are 1). Buying on hype 2) Mass buying, especially at the beginning. He has a good point about some of it being necessary to find your style, but there are a LOT of bottles sitting on my shelf that I will never wear more than once or twice. 3) Overspending my budget. Using my credit cards to buy something I really should have waited for. Three years in, I don't do this anymore, and I've paid those cards off, but some of those fill me with regret as I see them collecting dust. 4) Getting scammed. I bought a Maison Margiela Replica Matcha Meditation on eBay that turned out to be a fake. It was $30, so I wasn't out a lot of money, but I ended up with a bottle of junk. It was a painful lesson once it was confirmed. I think this has happened to a lot of us in one way or another. 5) Collection paralysis. I have so many that it's become a burden to deal with. Trying to keep things clean, organized, and looking nice is a chore. I enjoy updating my spreadsheet and tracking my SOTD, but deciding what to wear regularly raises my anxiety levels. I've been taking the time to use up my samples so that I really get to know and enjoy them and grow with them to combat this, but it's something I struggle with all the time. Sometimes I feel like I'm chained to my collection a bit, and it's a constant weight to deal with. But on the plus side, I really feel like I know who I am as a collector now, and I feel like I've really developed a sense of what I value and what is interesting and worth my money and my time now. Perfumes have given me a sense of wonder and fun, and a way to communicate a piece of my self to the outside world. It's truly a beautiful thing. Would love to hear some of y'all's thoughts on this topic.

I recently tested 14 offerings from Zaharoff (they offer very economically priced 3ml samples that make it easy to really get to know the house) and Seraphim Blue stood out as a fantastic summer freshie with a relatively unique take on the blue category, so I decided to go for a bottle. Looking forward to wearing this in the warm weather! I’ve got my eye on the new Gusto Limone and will keep testing a few others that I really liked (Tabac and Signature Royale) vs some new samples that I picked up with my order (eg Royale X, Signature Extreme, Signature Noire, Seraphim Red) to see if any of those are full bottle worthy for my collection. If you haven’t gotten your nose on anything from this house, I highly recommend it that you try them out