Today I received: - Guy Laroche: Drakkar Bleu - $20 I heard good things about this one, and I was watching out for it. I’m impressed. People compare it with the YSL Y line (specially the new Iced Cologne) and I can see the resemblances. It smells great, lets see how it goes.

Gents! Looking for South Slope, as late as I am here. I know plenty of you folks where able to get a bottle for crazy low prices from local retailers, but sadly being outside the US, that's not a possibility for me. Noticed the M.Malul site still lists them as available, at $84, which is decent enough of a price I guess. Anyone seen them at a better price, before I play with the idea of pulling the trigger? Thanks!

Alright fam, real talk, sorry for ghosting the community for a minute. If I’m being honest, I lost the spark. That passion for fragrance that used to have me refreshing decant sites at 2am? Gone. Just wasn’t feeling it. Then I went to ScentFest SF (June 26–28) and everything flipped. Met up with my brothers @Thomas Chavez and @Henry Clay . These dudes have become genuinely great friends and man, we had a blast. Just hanging out, sniffing everything in sight, talking scent for hours. Also got to meet @Lon Chaneyfield and @Antonio O. Centeno in person, which was awesome. Being around the brotherhood, soaking in the energy, remembering why I fell in love with this hobby in the first place… it lit the fire back up. So consider this my official comeback. SOTD posts are back, and I’ve got a mountain of samples and discovery sets from ScentFest to work through with y’all. Speaking of, check the haul. Real quick though, I had put Diary of a Nose on pause. My fragrance checker app just wasn’t happening while I was burned out. But now that the passion’s back, we’re going all in. Diary of a Nose is coming soon, and I’m hyped to finally get it out to you guys. Today’s SOTD is a layering experiment from Mitti Parfum (their booth was killer, pic below). I layered Virasat and Shikara and wow. It opens like walking into a Hindu temple, that warm, incense-y, sacred vibe. Then it dries down into this super clean, musky white floral that’s just gorgeous. Perfect for the high-90s heat we’re getting here in SoCal right now. Good to be back. Missed you all.