This isn’t a fun story to share at all, but I hope it helps you guys avoid making the same mistake I did. A few days ago, I asked the community whether it would be a good idea to trade my Hugo Boss Bottled EDP 200ml for an Azzaro The Most Wanted Parfum 150ml. Original post for reference: https://www.skool.com/bos/my-first-possible-trade Most people thought it was a solid deal, so I told the guy I’d go ahead with it. Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out well at all. We had agreed to meet up 9 December to make the swap. He showed up two hours late and didn’t even bring the fragrance with him… Since I know him pretty well, I still handed over my bottle and trusted him to bring the Azzaro the next day. That didn’t happen. Three days later he told me he no longer wanted to trade for the Boss (not exactly fun news to hear). He showed me his collection, but nothing in it appealed to me or added anything new to mine. So I suggested he either buy it from me or just give it back. After some back-and-forth texting, he agreed to buy it for 90 euros. But the story doesn’t end there. For about two weeks he barely replied to my messages, and eventually he admitted he didn’t have the money to buy my bottle. Yeah, that was another great message to receive (being very sarcastic here btw). Still, I arranged another meet-up and waited again. For the third time, he decided the deal no longer worked for him - this time because of money. I have a lot of patience, but things were starting to get ridiculous. Even so, we finally reached an agreement we both liked: 50 euros plus his Afnan Supremacy In Heaven. He transferred the 50 euros and promised to drop off the Afnan the next day. Three days later, however, we still hadn’t closed the loop. Once again, he claimed I was ripping him off by asking too much (even though he had suggested those terms himself every time). By that point I was so fed up with all the time and effort I’d put in that I just said 70 euros would be fine too.

Today I was talking amongst the brothers and I had a thought of a simple question. What was the first parfum you smelled when “the passion” hit? Not the first time you recognized frags, but when you really got serious!!!! For example, mine was not Polo Green or Old Spice or Stetson For Men. In 1978-1984ish options and knowledge was very limited. Especially in an area of the country with maybe 2 TV channels available possibly 3 in the winter when the leaves fell off the trees. Sounds crazy right???? I was 25 and been in my first war before computers were a thing. Sorry. Regardless, the first frag that had me was my father’s Vetiver By Guerlain. The OG. Luckily I still have my last OG bottle from 1988. I had first found Polo Green and Drakar Noir but the vetiver???? That was class. So what say you brothers? Did you get real about frags seriously when older or younger??? What was it that got you and why???? I realize we also have many younger people here and really want to hear your thoughts and experiences as well!!!