After some thought I decided to divest of some fragrances. These are some I didn't wear, enjoy, or were too similar to others I do use. Took a few bottles with me to the office, printed out a price list and showed it co workers so they could choose. Gulf Orchid Mango Ice: Sweetness overload the one time I sprayed it on. Even after maceration felt too juvenile for me so off it went. Montblanc Explorer: Similar to Aventus, Cedrat Boise, Intense Cedrat Boise and even a hint of Y Le Parfum. Too many frags with similar scent profile and I felt it was redundant after 2 wears. Not a bad scent by any means. YSL Y Le Parfum 2025 3 full wearings and I just never warmed up to it fully. Y Le Parfum 2021 hits better for me and garners easy compliments. Grab the 2021 while still somewhat readily available. Have a great day.

Greetings brothers and sisters! Finally made it to Spain and had the privilege of spending a couple of hours of my time in this wonderful little boutique named Le secret de Marais. All niche with some offerings that from what I understand are unique to Spain. I was able to try all kinds of smells. Including Monegal, Rosendo Mateu and Carter Barcelona ( all of which I can obtain on discounters, so now I have another list ). More so, I was turned on to the creative olfactory experience of one Marina Barcellina with her signature line and her astrobiology inspired line Aromatom. I picked up spring rain from her line and We are the Martians from the Aromatom line. Finally after realizing that the spring rain was no longer available in a full bottle, he gave me a hefty tester and we went with bergamotto by laboratorio olfattivo. It was such a wonderful experience to be able to talk about fragrances and being led to the type of fragrances that I was searching for. They were all remarkably knowledgeable and happy to spray anything I wanted on a strip or my skin. They gave me 2ml samples of the 2 that I purchased as well as 4 more samples including Amouage Outlands . Walked out of there with a severely fatigued, but happy nose. I'd love to hear if anyone out here has ever experienced this lovely place. Will be visiting an artisan boutique in Malaga next week. I'll let you know how that goes. Till then, keep on smelling great!