Hello frag fam, Joe Average here with a different type of review for you guys! This week I’d like to tackle some of the most well-known decant providers out there. Quick recap, a decant is where someone, or a company, rebottles a small bit of fragrance and sells it to the general public. This is seen as an “affordable” way of sampling what would otherwise be a very expensive “full bottle” purchase. You easily see commercials and endorsements for many of the bigger decant companies, but who can you trust? There are several companies that do this, as well as several individuals online in forums like Discord, Facebook, et. al. Well, I did a bit of my own research and I’m happy to report what I’ve experienced with five of the most well-known companies out there. Joe A. will give it to ya’ straight and hopefully this will help you! Real quick disclaimer (of course, you guys know all this I’m sure…) I don’t, nor ever have been, affiliated with any of these companies. I do not receive any royalties, commissions or kickbacks for my reviews. All of the information I provide is accurate to the best of my abilities and I’d be happy to discuss anything that isn’t clear. Now… The five companies I’ve decided to look at are DecantX, MicroPerfumes, Perfuum, Scents Angel and Scent Split. Now I know there are more, but just five is alot to review! I’ve looked at things like: available selection, available sizes, available shipping options, perks, discounts and prices for some of the most common fragrances. In the name of research, I ordered the exact same fragrance decant from each site on the same afternoon and will tell you the price I paid, how long it took to get to me, the packaging (shipping and of the fragrance) as well as other tidbits that I may think is important for you to know. There’s going to be a lot of information, so I’m breaking up the reviews, one per day. At the end of the week, I’ll have a summary sheet that I think I can attach as a pdf, if not; maybe I can do a link to it!

So we had a pretty nice sunny day here today and as work was winding down I thought this might be one of my last chances to wear one of my warm weather favorites, GNTonic. It does what it says - it’s just got this incredible sharp zesty citrus effervescent quality, super crisp and addictive smelling. Either I go noseblind to it or it just doesn’t last, but after about 90 minutes it retreats to just a few inches off skin (and after four hours I have to snuffle my arms just to detect it). So just as it was starting to die down tonight, I thought, heck, maybe this is my last chance to wear Vibrato too and layered some of that on. I figured that sparkly ginger and grapefruit would go perfectly with the lime and juniper in what was left of the GNTonic. And holy crap was I right, this combo is so good it feels like it could be illegal What a fantastic send-off to summer tonight