this is the collection of perfumes i own. i'm not really into buying designer scents or anything but recently i've been enjoying going on etsy or to small indie perfumeries and buying samples and small rollerballs etc. all stores/perfumeries are listed!
notes i'm partial to: almond, sandalwood, milk, paper, rain, rice, vanilla, patchouli, lavender, ocean, ozone, violet, lilac, heliotrope, white amber, fig leaf, light musks, motor oil, metallics.
this is a WIP now because frankly i have too much perfume to log it here now; i need to brainstorm alternative ways to highlight and talk about my collection for fun here (and a different way to document it for me so i don't buy stuff over and over again)
i recommend soft by poesie for those who want a very yummy but neutral rice perfume and codex by calyxfragrance for those who want the smell of books and paper.
my current go-to perfumes (last update 5.27.25): vigil for the harvest suitors by BPAL, lady amalthea by BPAL, stardust motel by pierrot perfumery, namba by fantome.
other current loves: moon lust by alkemia, snow white by BPAL, incense of a new church by alkemia, person suit by pierrot perfumery, under the moonrise by fyrinnae, mochi bread by fyrinnae, soft by poesie.
this is a strange in-between seasons kind of moment. while i don't categorize myself as someone who swaps out perfume based off the seasons or anything, i have enough perfume that i definitely find that my tastes differ a bit depending on the weather. with these hotter days we are geting i've been reaching more for my aquatics--stuff like namba from fantome with its marine air, motor oil, and hint of sugary vanilla notes, or english summer rain from fae fragrance with its bright summer rain and soft geranium scents. i've also been enjoying how stardust motel behaves on my skin on these warmer days, a warmer jasmine-vanilla that is just tainted enough by its cigarette ash to feel hedonistic. i have been having a real lilac kick lately too, reaching for my recent BPALs that have lilac notes in them (vigil for the harvest suitors and the serpent in the lilacs). but on those colder days, i go for my more traditional cold-sweet florals; notably lady amalthea (which also has lilac in it but also wisteria, tuberose, and musk etc.) or snow white (snow, winter wind, and night-blooming florals). i'm still enjoying motor oil and oil adjacent perfumes--namba is the one i wear the most, but abandoned space station and aerobraking from fyrinnae are worth mentioning too, and so is incense of a new church from alkemia, which feels more like a 'perfumer's interpretation of motor oil' aka wearable than straight motor oil so i have been stealing it from my partner's perfume collection. another recent love of mine is type o positively gorgeous from lunarlife apothecary, which is a vintage-inspired classic lady's perfume blend with a blood note in it that i love, offering a sharp metallic tinge to an otherwise traditionally powdery and lipstick-y smelling perfume.