Wowww!! This was fantastic! I am impressed by all of your smart money management and great advice! You've gotten a lot of great stuff for the budget you've spent and just imagine if you were using that same budget to go to Sephora. I mean, you'd be getting like ten perfumes for the same budget! Yeah I'm super careful with money too. I can stretch a buck pretty far so I appreciate everything you've said here. Since my husband and I both work from home at our own small business and do project work, meaning we sometimes have a great paying project, but then for months we'll have smaller paying projects, we have to save just to be sure that we will be able to cover the slimmer months so I feel ya with saving and being very careful with money! Cuz if the money's gone the electric company won't take perfume for payment. LOL!!🤣😂🤣 Another thing I don't do anymore is use credit cards for any non-essential spending. I only buy what I have cash for at the time. Credit cards can lull you into that, "oh it's only a hundred dollars and I deserve to have the things I want in life..." sort of feeling and it's too easy to lose track of spending. Well Corinna this was another great vid from you! Thanks!
I love a common sense attitude. I don't know what it's like in USA schools but finances aren't really part of the curriculum in the UK and I really think it should be. I certainly could have benefitted from it.
Thank you for sharing. My budget is similar to yours. I allocate $50 per pay period for perfume. I do not purchase niche brands. I have been finding great deals at the discount stores.
This is such a great video, Corinna! I’ve been enjoying all of your videos for a while but I think this may be my first comment, on an old video I know 😅 I was inspired to do the same thing and I came out with $804.66 spent on 95 perfumes over the course of 2024, across Mercari, eBay, Shop Goodwill, Fragrancenet, Scentbird, Scentsplit and Surrender to Chance. This doesn’t include 3 perfumes I’ve bought in stores themselves, those being TJ MAXX and a wholesale store where I probably spent another 70 total, but it does include perfumes bought for my wife and also a few I was technically given as a gift, so it evens out to about $100 spent per month. I totally agree about the sample sites (with everything really), I realized out of all my purchases this year I’ve spent the most per perfume on samples, and I usually get the 1ml samples. Samples have worked out at about $5 per bottle which is honestly pretty ludicrous for 1ml, especially when on goodwill I’m averaging $7.31 per bottle. I think sampling can certainly be helpful, but it isn’t necessarily super cost effective versus finding perfumes second hand, depending on what people are looking for.
Welp, you caused me to look at my perfume purchases for the past year. Which is good! So, while I will not disclose details as much as you did. I calculated my average per bottle cost it came out to 21.$ per bottle which to me is very low. I do not buy high end perfumes. However, when I take out all the fragrances that I really don’t like it’s more like 31$ a bottle . What does this tell me for myself? I have about 40 fragrances I really like and about 20 that I need to donate. Does that math add up? I don’t know 😆 Thank you for showing us the break down and commentary, I’m nosey too!
I applaud you for sticking to your budget. It takes a lot of discipline to do so. I also really like that you are educating others on how to manage personal finance while still enjoying a potentially expensive hobby. I also really like how you teach others how to find affordable options, and promote sustainability by enjoying things that are already here rather than running off into new things all the time. I also like some of those who are "whistle blowing" on reviewers that promote excessive consumption and trying to wake viewers out of the trance of FOMO. They are trying to help people by encouraging them to look at what is going on and paying attention to how much they are spending on their hobbies. There are as many people talking about how their obsession with beauty products ruined them financially - that it's like an addiction - and that some influencers do prey on that, some profit from it. We know that something is not right here. We wouldn't be seeing these types of videos if everything was rainbows and unicorns. Viewers do need to take responsibility for their scrolling and spending, and, social media is very powerful and influencers should be more aware of how their actions may be negatively affecting others. It's a two-way street. Two thumbs up for the video! I would love to hear how others spend their money on perfumes and how they afford their big bougie collections because I'm curious too. I often wonder what these people do besides social media, do they have full time jobs, are they trust fund babies??? Especially the younger ladies, I just wonder what their financial situations are - I'd like some reality and authenticity please. I don't care if it sounds rude :)
I would really like to see how you go thrifting for perfumes and then later talk about your finds at home. I really like those videos and they are rare.
I agree with you, those who blame others for their doings are irresponsible. I watched many channels talking about fragrances but never felt a pressure to buy perfumes. The reason those people were watching such channels is just to buy new fragrances. And they got an idea what else to buy... So, why blame others??? My husband drinks coffee and some alcoholic beverages, but I don't drink all that and I don't feel any pressure to do so. I have a need to buy perfumes, although I've got plenty already. But maybe 90% of my collection is sealed and I will sell it in the future because it's a very good investment. I don't buy niche fragrances.
I still really wanna hear your thoughts on Curve Connect. Mostly, I really want to know if there's anything else out there like it. Sometimes, Fragrantica is spot on with the "reminds me of" section. Other times, people just dead wrong. 😂
Hi Corrina, I enjoyed this video. Thanks for doing it. I know how irritating it can be for people to nag you on what you do or what you are purchasing. It’s really none of their business.
I guess I didn’t say in the video. I think it’s just okay, I guess I can smell the sage in the dry down and I like that. I paid around 7 dollars and I wouldn’t think it’s worth too much more than that.
I havent tried the prive but Stash unspoken is a good one in my opinion. Its cosy and a good every day perfume for days that you dont want anything too intense but its not bland or cheap smelling. The original Stash is great for winter when you want something a bit more punchy and niche smelling. Its also crazy cheap right now in the UK, i think theyve stopped making it so selling off stock.
@@jesscox1775 I'll have to see if I can track down a bottle of Unspoken. It seems like I might enjoy that version more. I do like the original Stash, it does smell niche to me too.
Thank you! We are responsible for our own individual financial wellbeing. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Perfume is not an essential item ( well it is to me 😉 but I buy what I can afford).
I was going to get my eyebrows microbladed with my share of the tax return. I spent it all on perfume. I lost my brother at the end of April and the scent therapy thing... it's really been helping. I get really good deals on the perfume spot but I also love thrifting & Mercari. Shipping costs on Mercari have really shot up though. 😢
I think I’ve spent around 1,600 so far this year on perfume. I’ve made about $400 reselling but that’s not enough to justify my spending. I bought some pricey high quality vintage fragrances I wanted mostly on eBay. It’s a wake up call to total it all up though. I need to stop buying and focus on selling my Mercari listings.
Good video! The amount I spent this year for perfume is 63 euros for Xerjoff La Tosca, out of which 8 euros I had as credit on the site I used so basically I spent 55 euros.. and all that because I have an 7 month old. Otherwise it probably would be much more 😊😊
I think You Tube in general is unhealthy, most of social media and TV, etc. I've become addicted to watching You Tube videos, TV...and social media in general. It's really my only addiction.
As they say: "Be careful what you're watching..." I also watch a lot of YT, but it brings me joy and even happiness. I love watching videos on various topics. Variety is the spice of life. I watch a lot of old TV shows and loving it.
You don't have nothing to prove to anybody that's your money. Why!!! did you make this video it's nobody's business what you spend on perfume. Spend your money the way you want too 😉
I made it just as a response to videos about how perfume makes people go broke. I buy a lot of perfume because it’s my hobby and it’s not going to make me poor. People are going to buy things for fun! Thanks for your comment!
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Oops! I forgot a fragrancenet purchase for 50 dollars. So my total is 1137.00 this year
I like fragrancenet because I can get UK perfumes without getting price gouged. Their prices are great!
It's the perfume spot that does the outlet*** Love them. My order came to CO in 3 days.
Wowww!! This was fantastic! I am impressed by all of your smart money management and great advice! You've gotten a lot of great stuff for the budget you've spent and just imagine if you were using that same budget to go to Sephora. I mean, you'd be getting like ten perfumes for the same budget! Yeah I'm super careful with money too. I can stretch a buck pretty far so I appreciate everything you've said here. Since my husband and I both work from home at our own small business and do project work, meaning we sometimes have a great paying project, but then for months we'll have smaller paying projects, we have to save just to be sure that we will be able to cover the slimmer months so I feel ya with saving and being very careful with money! Cuz if the money's gone the electric company won't take perfume for payment. LOL!!🤣😂🤣 Another thing I don't do anymore is use credit cards for any non-essential spending. I only buy what I have cash for at the time. Credit cards can lull you into that, "oh it's only a hundred dollars and I deserve to have the things I want in life..." sort of feeling and it's too easy to lose track of spending. Well Corinna this was another great vid from you! Thanks!
Thank you!
I love a common sense attitude. I don't know what it's like in USA schools but finances aren't really part of the curriculum in the UK and I really think it should be. I certainly could have benefitted from it.
Thank you for sharing. My budget is similar to yours. I allocate $50 per pay period for perfume. I do not purchase niche brands. I have been finding great deals at the discount stores.
I love your thoughts regarding perfume spending vs. financial responsibility. Thank you for some common sense on the topic.
This is such a great video, Corinna! I’ve been enjoying all of your videos for a while but I think this may be my first comment, on an old video I know 😅
I was inspired to do the same thing and I came out with $804.66 spent on 95 perfumes over the course of 2024, across Mercari, eBay, Shop Goodwill, Fragrancenet, Scentbird, Scentsplit and Surrender to Chance. This doesn’t include 3 perfumes I’ve bought in stores themselves, those being TJ MAXX and a wholesale store where I probably spent another 70 total, but it does include perfumes bought for my wife and also a few I was technically given as a gift, so it evens out to about $100 spent per month.
I totally agree about the sample sites (with everything really), I realized out of all my purchases this year I’ve spent the most per perfume on samples, and I usually get the 1ml samples. Samples have worked out at about $5 per bottle which is honestly pretty ludicrous for 1ml, especially when on goodwill I’m averaging $7.31 per bottle.
I think sampling can certainly be helpful, but it isn’t necessarily super cost effective versus finding perfumes second hand, depending on what people are looking for.
Welp, you caused me to look at my perfume purchases for the past year.
Which is good!
So, while I will not disclose details as much as you did.
I calculated my average per bottle cost it came out to 21.$ per bottle which to me is very low.
I do not buy high end perfumes.
However, when I take out all the fragrances that I really don’t like it’s more like 31$ a bottle .
What does this tell me for myself?
I have about 40 fragrances I really like and about 20 that I need to donate.
Does that math add up?
I don’t know 😆
Thank you for showing us the break down and commentary,
I’m nosey too!
I applaud you for sticking to your budget. It takes a lot of discipline to do so. I also really like that you are educating others on how to manage personal finance while still enjoying a potentially expensive hobby. I also really like how you teach others how to find affordable options, and promote sustainability by enjoying things that are already here rather than running off into new things all the time.
I also like some of those who are "whistle blowing" on reviewers that promote excessive consumption and trying to wake viewers out of the trance of FOMO. They are trying to help people by encouraging them to look at what is going on and paying attention to how much they are spending on their hobbies. There are as many people talking about how their obsession with beauty products ruined them financially - that it's like an addiction - and that some influencers do prey on that, some profit from it. We know that something is not right here. We wouldn't be seeing these types of videos if everything was rainbows and unicorns. Viewers do need to take responsibility for their scrolling and spending, and, social media is very powerful and influencers should be more aware of how their actions may be negatively affecting others. It's a two-way street.
Two thumbs up for the video! I would love to hear how others spend their money on perfumes and how they afford their big bougie collections because I'm curious too. I often wonder what these people do besides social media, do they have full time jobs, are they trust fund babies??? Especially the younger ladies, I just wonder what their financial situations are - I'd like some reality and authenticity please. I don't care if it sounds rude :)
I would really like to see how you go thrifting for perfumes and then later talk about your finds at home. I really like those videos and they are rare.
Thanks for sharing your story 🤩
I agree with you, those who blame others for their doings are irresponsible. I watched many channels talking about fragrances but never felt a pressure to buy perfumes. The reason those people were watching such channels is just to buy new fragrances. And they got an idea what else to buy... So, why blame others??? My husband drinks coffee and some alcoholic beverages, but I don't drink all that and I don't feel any pressure to do so. I have a need to buy perfumes, although I've got plenty already. But maybe 90% of my collection is sealed and I will sell it in the future because it's a very good investment. I don't buy niche fragrances.
I still really wanna hear your thoughts on Curve Connect. Mostly, I really want to know if there's anything else out there like it. Sometimes, Fragrantica is spot on with the "reminds me of" section. Other times, people just dead wrong. 😂
Hi Corrina, I enjoyed this video. Thanks for doing it. I know how irritating it can be for people to nag you on what you do or what you are purchasing. It’s really none of their business.
I am curious to know what you think about SJP Stash Prive. I blind bought it and was disappointed.
I guess I didn’t say in the video. I think it’s just okay, I guess I can smell the sage in the dry down and I like that. I paid around 7 dollars and I wouldn’t think it’s worth too much more than that.
I havent tried the prive but Stash unspoken is a good one in my opinion. Its cosy and a good every day perfume for days that you dont want anything too intense but its not bland or cheap smelling. The original Stash is great for winter when you want something a bit more punchy and niche smelling. Its also crazy cheap right now in the UK, i think theyve stopped making it so selling off stock.
@@jesscox1775 I'll have to see if I can track down a bottle of Unspoken. It seems like I might enjoy that version more. I do like the original Stash, it does smell niche to me too.
Thank you! We are responsible for our own individual financial wellbeing. If you can't afford it, don't buy it. Perfume is not an essential item ( well it is to me 😉 but I buy what I can afford).
I was going to get my eyebrows microbladed with my share of the tax return. I spent it all on perfume. I lost my brother at the end of April and the scent therapy thing... it's really been helping. I get really good deals on the perfume spot but I also love thrifting & Mercari. Shipping costs on Mercari have really shot up though. 😢
Sorry for your loss. I’m glad the scent therapy provides some comfort
@MyPerfumeMap thank you. 🩵
I think I’ve spent around 1,600 so far this year on perfume. I’ve made about $400 reselling but that’s not enough to justify my spending. I bought some pricey high quality vintage fragrances I wanted mostly on eBay. It’s a wake up call to total it all up though. I need to stop buying and focus on selling my Mercari listings.
Good video! The amount I spent this year for perfume is 63 euros for Xerjoff La Tosca, out of which 8 euros I had as credit on the site I used so basically I spent 55 euros.. and all that because I have an 7 month old. Otherwise it probably would be much more 😊😊
Very nice!
I think You Tube in general is unhealthy, most of social media and TV, etc. I've become addicted to watching You Tube videos, TV...and social media in general. It's really my only addiction.
I watch way too much TH-cam too. Every once in awhile I remember how much I like to read and I switch it up.
As they say: "Be careful what you're watching..." I also watch a lot of YT, but it brings me joy and even happiness. I love watching videos on various topics. Variety is the spice of life. I watch a lot of old TV shows and loving it.
You don't have nothing to prove to anybody that's your money. Why!!! did you make this video it's nobody's business what you spend on perfume. Spend your money the way you want too 😉
I made it just as a response to videos about how perfume makes people go broke. I buy a lot of perfume because it’s my hobby and it’s not going to make me poor. People are going to buy things for fun! Thanks for your comment!