I was doing some chores and I ended up washing off my SOTD, which was Mancera Black Noir, so I just reapplied, not a big deal. Then my ADHD brain starting thinking, what would I pay per wear? We have daily routines that have a small cost, coffee, tea, protein shakes, etc, but these are almost always daily, like our frags. So here is my thought experiment with a few test, high, medium, low. Of course these are all subjective High End ======== 1. Mind Games Mentor - $475 2. Curly Fragrance's test for 1ml - about 15sprays I spray this one about 7-8 sprays, so effectively this bottle would get me 200 wears, $475/200 = $2.75 per wear. I think that is a reasonable price to smell that good for a few hours. That costs less than a drip coffee at any coffee shop. Medium ======== 1. City Rhythm 100ml - $190 2. Curly Fragrance's test for 1ml - about 15sprays I spray this one about 7-8 sprays, which gets me about 200 sprays. $190/200 = $.96 per wear, this s getting crazy, you can't even get anything at the dollar store for that! Low ===== 1. Zara Rich Warm Addictive = $30 2. Curly Fragrance's test for 1ml - about 15sprays I put about 15 sprays for this one, which gets me about 100 wears. $30/100 = $.30 per wear,can you even buy anything that cheap anymore? Those numbers, above, assume you pay retail and every atomizer sprays the same amount, but you get the idea. We don't pay retail for most, so the cost per wear is even better. So do the math with what you got and what would you pay to smell that good. For me to smell good and have an olfactory experience throughout the day this is a no brainer, I could wear Mentor twice a day and still be cheaper than Starbucks. What would you pay, now that you do the math and now would you consider nicer bottles, knowing the cost per wear is reasonable?

This is one of my favorite purchases at Scentxplore 2025. Kensei is a tea, citrus, woody fragrance, before i go any further, this is nothing like lv imagination in fact this is the father of imagination who works a blue collar job, works out in a dark lit room hearing nothing but his yells and panting and sound of metal plates banging and clacking and when going to attend formal events, he is the man everyone sees and goes to, this is a little bit tea heavy with great citrus from Yuzu, Blood Orange, Mandarin and crisp Pear. Now that opening first spray is aromatic, refreshing but like I said nothing like imagination. You will constantly smell your hand because everything is addictive. In the drydown, it sort of mellows in a way where the citrus starts to become soothing with amberwood and cedar, the greens, the tea, and florals notes, giving a sweet green citrus aroma almost like a very expensive high quality tea. Now I haven't tried it out to see longevity and projection but will def it try it out tonight at work during the night watch hours