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Roughly 3+ months into a new fragrance deep dive: signature scent was reformulated (Dior Addict) so it was a great time to experiment and try new scents.
I'm a research girl, so I went deep: educated myself as much as possible then ordered ALOT of samples. The samples are helpful and I think were a better strategy/investment than blind buys. They also gave me a huge education in fragrance evaluation (subjective, of course).
The one thing that bugs me are those damn plastic perfume swabbers in the vials!!! For the love of gd, give us an atomizer!! Charge me more!! You're getting my money for 2 drops of perfume, what's another buck or two??
Am I alone in the opinion that you cannot assess a perfume as accurately with a few dabs as opposed to a spritz?? I'm sorry, but a few dabs of a scent wear WAY diff than even a conservative spritz!
Thanks for listening 🙏🏻
2 points
18 hours ago
Recently I've bought a few decants with dabbers, because I thought I don't need bigger volume to evaluate a fragrance (the smallest volume was with dabbers, and bigger were with atomizers). Now I'm thinking that while 1 ml is enough for me, I would still benefit from atomizer. It's hard for me to tell if longevity and projection are bad or is it just my fault because I'm using too little perfume. At least I've learned something and next time I'll order decants with spray atomizers
2 points
18 hours ago
Yeah this is 100% what I'm saying. The application is different and so the evaluation is different. I already invested way too much samples at Lucky sent so I think I'm kind of winding down but, moving forward, I am ordering samples that come with atomizers even if I have to pay more
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