It is incredible how the universe connects the dots of our healing when we finally step into the light. Only this week, I experienced a beautiful moment of clarity about how my health journey has unlocked an entirely new, unexpected dimension of my life. Out of deep respect for everyone’s private health battles, I believe our medical remedies are sacred and personal. But today, I feel guided to share a piece of my own revelation. As a diabetic, my recent check-up brought overwhelming gratitude. My health is thriving—miles ahead of where I stood in the dark days of late 2022. That shift happened because I finally chose to love myself on every level: through therapy, deep spiritual awakening, and shedding the physical and emotional weight of a 300-pound man. I stopped dressing to hide my shame and started dressing to celebrate my existence. In the Spring of 2023, right before finding my community here, the fog began to lift. For the first time in years, I could see my own neck. I could look past the "Daddy belly" and see my own feet. Simultaneously, my soul was seeking a new sensory language. I finished my very first bottle of DedCool’s Milk. Looking back, I realize how symbolic that was. My entire fragrance collection was filled with sharp aquatics, salty notes, and crisp scents. Yet, during this profound era of rebirth, I was inexplicably curiously drawn to the warmth, sweetness, and comfort of gourmand fragrances. This curiosity led me to a perfumer called Pinrose, where I took their sensory quiz to find my signature scent. I was skeptical at first. I took the quiz a few more times to be sure, screenshotting the results before purchasing their discovery set. When it finally arrived in those nostalgic, old-school fragrance wipes, the results were uncanny. I drifted heavily toward Pillowtalk Poet, while the quiz's top recommendation for me—Secret Genius—was absolutely spot-on, though I didn't fully understand why at the time. Recently, curiosity led me back to the site. I assumed that after two years of immense personal growth, my aromatic palate would have completely changed. But nothing had changed at all.

So I just saw Antonio's last video, and it got me thinking. If I had to downsize to 10 bottles what would they be. I'm curious what are your thoughts on this and what bottles would you keep? Here are my 10: 1. Masculin Pluriel - Maison Francis Kurkdjian 2. Royal Oud - Creed 3. Naxos - Xerjoff 4. Sartorial - Penhaligon 5. Herod - Parfums de Marly 6. Silver Mountain Water - Creed 7. Polo 67 - Ralph Lauren 8. Venetian Blue - The Merchant of Venice 9. Meraki Bliss - Patek Maison 10. 1723 - Superz. https://youtu.be/2Y_ZqorggsA?si=Vcx6z8vk21dDMs1p