10-Ish Ways My PERFUME Purchasing, Testing, & Decluttering Has Changed...
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- Test properly. Don't declutter too fast. Niche or designer?
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Hey guys! Let me know below - where are you at in your fragrance journey? What have you changed about the way you purchase or declutter or use your perfumes?? Any epiphanies?
Hello Ilythia.
I started my collection blind buying, and I still do it. I don't bought a cheap perfumes unless it's stunning . I have just one celebrity perfume ( Fancy) just cause I love it. I decluttering the one that it's not work for me, or I didn't wear it for a long time.
Thank you for sharing 💗
I tend to order samples and decants first before going ahead with a bottle. Before I use to blind buy a lot, now I will only blind buy after watching reviews and knowing the notes and themes I like.
I have bought bottles as well and not always for the perfume, I no longer buy just because I love the bottle
It’s tempting to want to blind buy when watching a bunch of perfume TH-cam videos lol I started doing that but being new to niche when I get them they didn’t smell how I expected them to. I was also buying a lot from Mercari but it was always iffy whether it’s real or not. So now I buy decants or discovery sets to try first. It would be great to get a video of how to spot a fake when buying online or from discount site outside of buying brand new from the typical retailers.
Still at a place where I can only afford dupes of niche perfumes. So my collection only has designer and the only celebrity perfume I have is SJP Lovely. Would love to splurge on a Micallef though..
A few things I have learnt is that:
1.I don’t need to own every perfume I like the smell of.
2. I do like my perfume to last, but I don’t want it to be TOO long because I like to wear another in the evening (so I can get through my stash!)
3. You can still have a signature scent but not wear it everyday. For me, it’s Mon Guerlain because it feels like the fragrance that’s NEVER inappropriate.
4. Compliments do matter to me! Even if it’s just from my husband 😂
Thanks for your video 🥰
I appreciate compliments especially from my boyfriend because he loves perfumes as well and is very picky when it comes to things he likes on me. If he likes it, it's definitely a winner. 🤗
It’s funny how much my thinking has evolved about perfume buying over the last 18 months!
I too learned to take my time to test fully before dismissing something - well most of the time! Sometimes it’s just so ….. yuck, wash it off!!!! I also take more time in deciding what to purchase. And although I like the beauty of the full bottles I’ve realized that some perfumes are only travel spray worthy.
At least a third of my collection I would not repurchase and I want to hone in on the ones I truly want in the future.
When I think about the money I’ve spent on fails and meh blind buys I am sick. I could have had what I REALLY wanted but was being a cheapskate.
Also I do like designer and clearly you do too but there comes a time when you realize you don’t need another si, alien, or Lancôme flanker in the collection. New ones have to serve a purpose for me and I’m finding sometimes I have to go niche to get what I’m looking for.
I feel kind of lucky to not be able to blind buy in a way. I’m only a teenager so I don’t have the financial means to buy a perfume and not like it nor the ability to re sell.
This means I always buy in shop and I think I prefer it this way. I always make a day out of buying a new fragrance. I smell a couple, purchase the fragrance and enjoy the day. I can’t imagine blind buying but we will see…
Buying hyped up perfumes - I think we have all been there. I know you like them but I blind bought Delina and MFK BR 540 and I hated both of them and still do. I am more controlled now buying perfumes and would never buy a perfume purely based on hype. Samples are the way to go for me now 😊💪
I have definitely learned that I have to test samples on my skin and not judge it so quickly based on the way they smell on paper. And also to take my time with the sample before rushing to purchase the fragrance.
I learned this the hard way
@@ellahsibanda2530 Same here
I still have 10 perfumes in my collection. Never have I fell into the trap of cheapies. Try to test most perfumes I am interested before I buy and I think very carefully before I bring something into my collection. Haven’t sampled a gazillion perfumes so I am still pretty happy with designer fragrances and I intent to keep it that way. I am a happy gal. Plus there are other things I like to buy as well 😄
I can certainly understand all your points❤️ but it is such a personal thing when it comes to perfumes ☺️ I enjoy buying “cheapies” because to some it may cost too much even if it were only 10$ what I have changed since I started my collection is to go ahead and donate all the ones that I don’t use within 6 month’s, there are so many places where one can donate so that someone else who wants to smell good or feel good about themselves can do so at no expense ❤️
Where do you donate perfumes? I wasn’t aware that that’s a thing! Super cool.
Yes, where to donate?
Hi Ilythia! Thank you for shining the light on this process. At the moment, I've finally figured out my tastes and have just about stopped purchasing fragrances. I have a huge declutter group that I'm going to donate. I still really enjoy watching haul/testing new fragrances videos, but am really putting much effort into using/enjoying what I currently have. ❤❤❤ I feel like I've come back up to the surface after a deep dive into the fragrance pool!
Hi there, I've watched quite alot of your videos...and I have to admit that you had me disappointed many times...esp on your declutters. I've always felt that you don't always give yourself enough time to get to know fragrances. I never posted my thoughts, because to each his/her own....and it's your money. However, I'm very happy to hear how you recognize that different approaches are often needed, and time, in the perfume world. My collection is over 300... mixed of niche/designer...no joke. I'm slowly decluttering, not rashly, to be totally content with my decision. Not just to get the numbers down. I ask myself "can I live without it"...and time will help me make that decision. Keep evolving.... perfume is an art!
Yes. I suppose I have gotten really good at decluttering because I’ve been practicing minimalism in my life for years. So this came very easy. But, with perfume and tastes changing over time, I’m realizing that sometimes - not ALL the time - (some I just know lol) - I do need to put it away and come back to it.
7:45 also Ilithia : blind buys "Kirkhè" bcs everybody talked about it 😊🤣
My journey also started with buying lots of cheap perfumes. Now I am getting more and more into niche perfumes and I am much more selective in what I buy. My goal is also to get to a point where I only own perfumes that I really love, not only like. But this might take some more time. I enjoy trying out new perfumes too much.
on point…that’s the reason why I samples perfumes now and I’m really trying my best not to go on impulse bling buying sprees🙂🙂
I wish I would have taken my time because finding the right scent is a journey. I thought I needed a variety of fragrances ranging from fresh, citrus, floral, aquatic, beachy, gourmand and hurried to have a perfume from each category.
Amazing video! I totally agree that when you buy dupes you sometimes (most of the time) are still longing for the real thing… i love your idea of having them on display but in the dark, as perfumes do have a shelf life, i sometimes keep the boxes around for moments where i dont wear my summer perfumes and all, i will definately buy those gorgeous trays and switch them around ✨ SO true that you need to try them on before making a decision… bravo for having done so much self reflexion on the way you experienced perfumes and transmitted that to your viewers 💪🏽
I enjoy the aesthetics and content of your videos. Suggestions for future videos- how do you source samples of higher end fragrance samples for those that do not live in major cities, also how do you declutter and sell fragrances that you want to declutter. Also can you discuss what candle brands you use. Thanks so much for your efforts to produce these videos. I find your voice very soothing and appreciate your informative knowledge.
Thank you so much for those suggestions!!!! I will take jot them down :)
So much wisdom and truth. I couldn't help but think of all the thousands of women who just jumped and bought that new Fenty ... spending over $130 and 95% of them never smelling it. Silly question, should I keep samples of scents I don't like (I guess to remind me I don't fancy them)?
The Fenty fragrance is such a good example! I ended up getting a sample and it is not for everyone! I will never fall down that rabbit hole of blind buying perfumes anymore just because of hype. Sample first! 😆
I love the idea of this video, very informative and I feel like anyone that is a Perfume lover is going through or has been going through something similar for sure I think we can relate I know I can. Oh I definitely would like to have a beautiful cabinet of different fragrances I just don’t have the space at this point so I need to keep my collection very minimal as well
Thank you!!!
Awesome video👌🏾Everything you said it's 💯 true!!! At this point i am enjoying my fragrances and i don't buy them as much anymore.
When I started my perfume journey I was obsessed .I was blind buying like a crazy... Now I'm more careful with that. I'm buying less perfumes but I feel like now I'm ready to buy only the ones that I really want In my collection. So every piece is special and I have perfumes for all seasons and for special occasions. I feel like I needed a balance ;) I love your videos I'm watching you sinds last year and I love your perfume choices .
I so agree with you about giving perfumes time before making a decision. It's so strange when you smell a perfume, you love it, buy a full bottle and only a few days later realize you have made a mistake. I really cold have saved so much money 😁
Hello Ilythia.. My perfume journey is about 25 years long. I my gosh I feel old writing that.☺️ I absolutely agree with you. I have also learned that it actually takes me quit a long time to test a perfume properly. I,m testing a perfume for weeks now before buying a full bottle.. In the past I only tried a perfume for a couple of times and that was definitely wrong. I have waisted so much money on perfumes that I thought I liked, but in the end I didn’t.. I was never reaching for them.. I have actually realized that the perfumes that I was very critical about in the first days I was testing them, turned out to be my favorites after I let them grow on me. I have so many perfumes, but I only have a few ones that I very offen have to rebuy, because I use and love them so much. All of them were perfumes that had to grow on me and perfumes that I had to work with for a long time, before I really fell in love with them.. One of them is BDK Gris Charnel. I never thought that I would treasure this perfume so much. In the first days of testing it was way to green for me, probably because of the Vetiver.. I thought it would be to maskulin if that makes any sense, but it turned out to be such a special and so soothing perfume and now I absolutely love it.. It works so well on my skin.. Have a beautiful day Ilythia..Greetings from Germany..
Ya I'm done buying cheapies just because they are cheap, I had so many I was not even using or liking. I'm more careful now on what I buy.
I’m with you - I’m an enthusiast, however I only have about a dozen or so fragrances in my collection. I am SO picky about what I actually purchase, wear and keep. If I were a TH-camr, I would be so disliked 😂 I’ve also learned that my taste is pretty “basic” ….fresh and rosy lol
I'm also getting past the dupe phase. I really enjoy several of the creations from Dua Brand and Julianna's. (I just have too many right now and I've realized that although they are 1 ounce, they still take time to go through)
I agree…. I only keep perfumes I luv…. and I take the time to appreciate them!💕💕💕
Great points. I have a very small collection and will be keeping it small ☺️. Love Chanel, but also Leila by Geir Ness. Thanks for sharing.
After a crazy blind buy spree (mostly fails) that lasted about 16 months I'm now at a phase where I will only buy a fragrance if I really Iove it. I will try it few times and then make a decision. If it's not a L❤VE I'm not interested. I got Si Fiori and I'm totally loving it so that one will be a keeper ♡
Let me start by saying how much i enjoy your channel . My fragrance journey began more that 25 years ago . I was a collector of designer perfumes and would need to have the whole line . I still struggle with that mentality . I have become overwhelmed by how many i have ( over 200 ! ). My tastes have changed a lot and you have opened my eyes to the idea that quality and enjoyment are more important to me than quantity . I am a work in progress ! Thanks so much ! 🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing !!! Wow that’s a lot of time to spend learning about and experiencing fragrances 💗
Yep, closet that is cooler temperature is better. If you want to invest in a small refrigerator, even better.💐 Stay healthy and safe. Thank you for your service during this pandemic. Love our nurses and health care professionals.💕
I have around 15 full size perfumes
I just love perfume, lately I’ve decided not to buy the 100 ml specially if it’s a new addition to my collection and I see how it smells on my skin and to be able to cary in my purse ,except for few must have one like miss Dior, coco Mademoiselle and Lancôme midnight tresor
Loved your video I found it very helpful and informative.
I only made a few blind buy disappointments based on hype. I don’t love the salt notes in Olympea, or Hermès Merveille blue perfume, or strong vetiver, learned from Decadence. Some of my blind buys taught me to appreciate new types of fragrances. I absolutely survived Covid lockdown, (with my husband immuno suppressed) because of Fragrance TH-cam channels like yours Ilythia. I loved writing perfumes down, and then reading Fragrantica comments, and checking/waiting for FragranceNet to have an affordable way to buy it. I never purchased a dupe. Declutters are my favorite, and I cheer inside that those were the ones I chose not to blind buy. I m satisfied where I am with my collection and enjoyed every bit of this diversion-hobby. I did discover 2 favorite blind buy cheapies because of you- Lovely and R.E.M. Thanks!
That’s amazing thank you for sharing 😊
I am on the same train. At this point I feel I have smelt all the designers, now I am really into niche. That’s 90 % of what I buy nowadays. Great vid, I have def made the same mistakes. ❤️
I feel the same as you do about dupes! The only one I own is an FM one that smells like Armani Mania as you can no long buy this in the UK and it is a beautiful scent. I would rather have the real thing! x
Hi Ilythia, Please do a signature or every season perfumes video...
I don't know if they are the same thing
Such a thoughtful video❣️ weird thing about dupes.. I just recently did the same thing with purchasing a dupe of deli a exclusif, and then went and ordered the real one a week after receiving the dupe🤣 funny though - and I’m probably the rare minority here- I prefer the dupe version on ME🙈
I always liked perfumes but my “journey” started with SmurfyGirly’s video on Shalimar Souffle de Parfum. I bought a decant off eBay at the end of 2018. I lived in Phoenix at the time and Scottsdale is an amazing place to perfume shop. You have Dillards, Nordstrom, Neimans, Saks, and the designer stores themselves. Also there was a local perfumer who carried niche, Amouage, Serge, montale, mancera. I went nuts and smelled absolutely everything, went weekly almost, got my nose on every new release. So I learned what notes I like and don’t like before Covid, which helped prevent a lot of blind buying. I’ve sampled tons and have had hundreds of samples, but my collection sits at only 30 bottles and 40 travel sprays, though I’m itching to declutter soon and get some new ones lol.
It's soooooo addictive 😫... My last spree set me back about $500 most of them were blind buys. Someone send help please!
Now I sample at a store or buy a sample if is not in store!🥰
I feel that way now. And also I felt the blind buy was a trill and end up giving and being so disappointed🙏
I love how we started our perfume journey at the same time and came to the same conclusions. I hope we will find the gems we are looking for, while just enjoying the ride😊
Agreed!!! It’s so fun. Feel free to dm me and show me your collection? I would love that!
@@thesimplechiclife Yes♡ I will after my niche arrives😍 I'm hoping to find a little mental peace after that and just enjoy YT for a bit, lol
Hope you are having a great time.
While I can totally relate to almost all your points, I have a different experience with cheapies (which I mostly blind bought): at the beginning of my journey they helped me a lot to find out what I like and what not.
And the bit more expensive blind buys, too. I felt it would be too much of a waste of money to just declutter them because I do not totally love them, so I wore them nevertheless and turned out that some became total loves. There are scent categories which I would have never discovered otherwise.
So I guess every step in the journey has its value 😀
I agree with every single thing you said - another is, if you don't want /can't afford to spend too much on designer perfumes, is to not buy them when they first come out, just wait and and get them later on, when the price has significantly dropped, and they become more affordable. Now, the catch there, is the dreaded reformulations... there is a big risk that after all that waiting time a lot if not all perfumes to have been reformulated and not for the better (whether the notes have changed, the quality of ingredients has dropped hence the sillage and duration of the perfume has done so as well... -sighs)
Wow another video we are spoiled!
Hi guys. I just start to collect a parfume so i need a suggestion,which size i should to buy? Thank you
Great info!
Hi Ilythia, very off-topic - Can you link your candle. It is one of my favorite and I can no longer find it. :-)
I love your channel
Thank you so much 💗
great video!
Thanks Josie!
I agree 💯 with every point
Thank you 🙏🏻
Keep them in the box, they came in per MFK, the king of perfume, my opinion
Blind bought House of Sillage Benelolence because some perfume lady gave rave views about it. My GOODNESS, i cannot stand that perfume. And HOS did not take it back. I want to give it away. I will never blind buy again. I did not like delina, but i love the exclusif.
NO DUPES for me ever!! No inexpensive just because I want more. No closet for me because my room is dark and 65 degrees temperature always.
But….don’t you keep that KKW because you like the bottle as decor? 😋
Haha yes!!!! I do 😆 that’s my one and only. I look at it as decor rather than a perfume
@@thesimplechiclife have you ever considered selling decants and using the bottle as a display?
Testing fragrances on my skin & patience are the top 2 things I've learned on my fragrance journey。
✞God bless you Ilythia❣
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buy quality over quantity. 90% of my collection is niche. I don't like cheap perfumes.