Oh and I love that background Pep ☺️

Hey Pep, I’ve had similar issues with selling fragrances and it’s really put me off so I understand what you mean about the hassle of it. Also get what you mean about not wanting to keep bottles for reference. What about minis? I think they are a good way of keeping references without taking up loads of space?

Can totally relate 🙏

Love the garden setting. Earlier in the year I emptied three bottles, moved on five and have purchased eight bottles, so ended up even🤷‍♀️😂 I did buy the Eau de Boujee travel sprays (7.5ml) and two samples sets, one from Chasing Scents and the other was the Marissa Zappas discovery set. No more purchases planned this year for me💛

Back in the day, i could smell my Fahrenheit on my pillow the following night i used it, i could smell it from my laundry as i was loading the washer. The bottle i bought this week the scent is gone after an hour or so. Terrible. It wasn't counterfeit, it was purchased from a reputable seller.

EXCELLENT house choices, all 5 👏 💯

Love the setting Pep! And ruthlessness will always have its place, so no need to try a few new things now and again. 😉Actually made a couple nifty trades this year myself, despite technically not decluttering anything in over 2 years. 😆😬 So yeah, that's me just trying to justify my own consumerism. 🤣 Appreciate you sharing!

Beautiful review Pep, I agree with absolutely everything you said. Boy was my first niche fragrance I bought when I got into this hobby and it remains one of my go-to's for when I want a beautiful, high-quality and understated scent. Thank you for your videos, they are always so thoughtful and valuable!

My keep my collection max at 20 bottles 5xseason ! I love them all ! Even spray my bed linens with my fresh fragances (specially Prada Infusion D'Iris Cedre my most purchase freshly of all times) gorgeous garden background Pep!

Wonderful Video Pep! Only 2 purchases this year Hermes Eau de Gentiane Blanche & Maison Margiela Untitled L'Eau both Strange & Chic on my skin

Maria Candida Gentile has some interesting perfumes and I don't see them mentioned too often on sm

I know for me I will no longer be buying any 100mls only travels or 50mls due to the fact I don’t want to have my wardrobe explode.. I have only loved in my collection and I want to enjoy what I already have . I have a spread sheet of the years purchases and every new years look at my dents and throw away decants I have used up… have a great day Pep and another wonderful video thanks

About 15 of my bottles are through your reviews or recommendations. I blind buy everything. I am impatient. I guess I appreciate or mirror, in some ways your tastes.

Love these brands Pep! Thanks for highlighting them! Another I always think of is Heeley but I’m thinking you haven’t mentioned since they’re not as easy to sample in stores?

Very nice video, Pep! I like the nature background, very nice ! Cheers to your declutter .. I am 51 scents now and feel they are still too many. Take care and enjoy the week!

Overall, that sounds like a great year. I'm up to 85+ bottles, and I've been having the same discussions in my head. I need to trim this collection a little. I've noticed that at 85 perfumes, I'm not wearing all my fragrances enough and I'm finding it hard to cycle through them. Here's to 2025!

I also have Zara Leather Jardin, but every time I wear it, I regret it because it just won’t go away. It lasts forever.

Great background. Changing places makes your videos more interesting. Keep it up 👍

I have been playing with the Prada carnation. It is very strong and sweet to my inexperienced nose. I put it away for a while.I pulled it back out recently and did a light spray and enjoyed it very much so will keep experimenting with it. I have no idea how to buy used perfumes or sell mine so I mostly try and be careful with my purchases as I learn. Often as not this is not a success. I am learning what I like and what I dont though my fickle nose keeps changing. I am trying to understand the fragrance that I have but am still prone to an impulse buy, I have a birthday coming up and of course feel am deserving of a fragrance treat, I am hesitant as to what that very expensive purchase should be. First world problem and a rather lovely one to have.

Great list of underrated brands. I love Acqua Di Parma. Sandalo from their darker bottle line and the original Colonia are my favorites. Never heard of Parfum D’Empire I’ll have to check them out. Another underrated brand in my opinion is Nobile 1942. Your video on Patchouli Nobile introduced me to brand. I’m so glad I watched that video as I got to try their other fragrances and discovered my current summer signature scent Pontevecchio which I absolutely adore.

We all get to this point at some time or other, this year I've just concentrated on acquiring Serge Lutens fragrances, discontinued and current line. It worked for me as I wasn't totally satisfied with my previous approach of getting a fragrance I really wanted but would then soon be setting my target elsewhere, here, there or whichever. It's been a fruitful year and I'm really pleased with my purchases in my travels. Also I managed to offload some fragrances that I wasn't wearing, although beautiful I hardly felt the need to wear. Traversee du Bospore, Antonia's Flowers and Rauque to name a few. There's even a pleasure in reducing the collection which is something I never envisaged. Beautiful setting in this video.

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What a beautiful backdrop. The overcast weather almost makes me forget the fact that if I ever set foot in Australia I’d melt instantaneously. To answer your question at the end, I’m new to the hobby this year and so I haven’t encountered the issue of decluttering yet. I’m trying to purchase things that I not only love, but would actively be excited to wear. The one exception to that would be the bottle of Equipage Geranium I just received, a blind-buy made in no small part because of this channel 😊 Luckily, I’m thrilled with it and I can’t wait for warmer weather to roll back around. I shudder to think about a future where I have to reactivate my Facebook to sell off things I’ve fallen out of love with. I’d almost rather just stew in my regret and deal with the perfumes mocking me from my shelf than that

Where would you recommend for selling fragrances? I'm in a similar boat as you and the fragrance marketplace on Facebook can be quite slow. Got quite a few I'm trying to declutter out. I'm in Melbourne as well

❤Beautiful background for filming, love the lush garden/tree views & bird song, the lighting too. Thanks for sharing your year’s adds / subtracts… In an effort to curate a collection that truly reflects what I like & use, I primarily give what I don’t use away; otherwise, with my other more valuable frags that I’m ready to part with they’ll sit in boxes awaiting re sell.

It’s hard to manage compulsive purchases. Lately, what I am doing is, as silly as may sound, I buy back up bottles of fragrances I am enjoying most. At my age, I am thinking more of: would I wear these fragrances in 5-10 years. Anyway. My additions this years were: Le Lion, Musc Ravageur, Habit Rouge (prive and Parfum). Some fragrances that left the collection: Jean Paul Gaultier Le Male Elixir and Le Parfum, Dior Homme Sport 2017, Sauvage Elixir. Cheers

I agree, I dont like seeing bottles that I don't reach for very often. I'll eventually sell some on Ebay most likely but my nose could change a little and maybe I will enjoy some of them more if I just give it some time. I like to spray the ones I don't wear often on a blotter to smell throughout the day. To me, there's a limit to a collection because I want to wear the ones I enjoy often, not once every few months because I have too many to choose from if that makes sense.

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Great shout outs, will have a look at Acqua Di Parma since I enjoy citruses!

I'm with you on this list, particularly on Parfum d'Empire. One of the best represented houses of what I have. With it getting colder in the northern hemisphere, I'm ready to bust out Fougere Bengale, Immortelle Corse, Ruade, and Tabac Tabou.

This is a helpful topic. Thank you. If you can see the opportunity to continue on this theme, developing a good summary of the suitable demographic for each house and where their fragrances you think sit on the fragrance wheel (something I know only a little about l), I'd be very keen to watch it and take the advice. Cheers!

this video here is the reason i sunscribed to your channel.. thank you

Une Nuit Nomade is one of the most underrated houses imo

AdP and HdP (SL too) I always considered gateway brands into niche. Somewhat ironically, many of their fragrances on the grey market are now half the price of many designers at full retail. For those who've adapted to the price gouging, they're in luck. 😆

Goutal really good five of there fragrances were praised by Luca Turin

Some excellent brands that should receive more recognition are: Serge Lutens, Molinard, Gritti, and specially one I really love for their artistic approach, Comme des Garçon.

DO NOT BUY IT TOTALLY WASTE OF MONEY. AMONG THE ENTIRE LALIQUE THIS ONE IS WORST. IT HAS JUST 20 MINUTES OF PROJECTIO N WITH HEAVY SPRAYS . DIES WITHIN 1 HOUR. FRAGRANCE IS UNIQUE BUT PERFORMANCE IS NOTHING. THATS WHY NOT POPULAR. ITS BETTER TO BUY BENTLAY FOR MEN ABSOLUTE. BLACK BOTTLE.

Thoroughly enjoyed your list and video. Found a vintage Floris 89 a couple of weeks ago, it’s my first ever smelling Floris and really like it. Santa Maria Novella is my favorite niche house.. their store in Florence is stunning… I have 12 of their fragrances. My favorite being Muschio Oro and Melograno. Xx

Five brands that I adore but don’t get spoken about much but actually I’m more than happy to gatekeep!! : Pierre Guillaume - there is only one fragrance I’ve tried so far that I’m not keen on, everything else has become an obsession! Pierre’s other company - Phaedon. Pure Azure I often daydream about!! Liquides Imaginaires. Obviously Desert Suave will always be my one true love. And Liquide is my next to buy from them. Trudon, just because they are more well known for their candles and often their perfumes are overlooked. Thameen, they are spoken about but mainly about Peregrina and Carved Oud. But think some of their other perfumes need more attention. Floris is a good shout. I’ve been in their shop a couple of times in London. It’s like stepping back in time! Honey Oud is by far my fave from them.

I do love unique fragrances! I do get bored with simple or mass appealing type scents. Profumum Roma is my favorite house so far. I have 6 of them. But I really been enjoying The Spirit of Dubai. I did smell a few on this video. But didn't get into them much. I'll have to revisit them one day....

I have 3 Acqua di Parma fragrances: Colonia Essenza, Chinnoto di Laguria, which is discontinued, and Mirto Di Panarea.

Balls on, Pep... how many times can *only* Dior or Chanel or Guerlain, etc be discussed before it's a well beaten to death horse? There are a deep plethora of brands, that somehow keep going even though they are woefully underrepresented on social media (gives one pause that perhaps social media isnt the behemoth that we've all been lead to assume, hmm?), out there kicking ass with phenomenal sauces both classic and new. If I got a penny for every viddy I see that just goes over the new (or old) sauce from _____ I'd have many pennies. And in the cheap/clone world if I see another review on something from Armaf I'm going to douse myself in Johnny Depp's Cock Wash (aka Sauvage) and light a match. Great viddy brother. 🤌🏼🤌🏼👊🏼👊🏼

Parfum d'empire you have to try tabac tabou 😍😍😍😍and the last Ruade

I got Parfum D'empire Ambre Russe & also Acqua di Scandola. I might get like you as my next one of the brand, Aziyade. My latest purchase was Serge Lutens Dans le bleu qui pétille. It's going to be my Sunday SOTD.

ADP LEATHER was recently discontinued. It is a super realistic leather, similar in many ways to TOM FORD OMBRE LEATHER, but with some added citrus on top. A nice deep leather.

I got samples from Parfum d’Empire and it’s the worst thing I’ve smelled ever. They all smell like what my grandma would wear. Highly disappointed.

You nailed it. 5 brands that we everyone kinda knows but seldom see these discussed on KZbin. Another one for me is- MDCI. They def have some standouts in their line. Thanks Pep

I'd add Profumum Roma to the list. Love them, I can't believe it took me so long to discover them but they're hard to find in perfumeries.

Enjoyed tfs I enjoy HDP

Colonia Futura is on its way out for anybody interested