in search of my eudaimonia

Sharing my perfume stories - one experience after another. So I have been planning on writing stuff about my perfume collection but I just couldn't come up with something. Until I got my latest PMS where I saw how I liked the smell of one perfume I blind-bought that I particularly did not like. It all starter with a fraghead friend influencing me to but perfumes because I needed a new hobby. Another friend then gave me suggestions on the scents he likes that he said I may like as well. Weird as it may sound but yes, because I am a newbie when it comes to fragrance, I decided to blind-buy some stuff which resulted to 1. liking some of them, 2. not liking some of them but keeping them, and 3. not liking them so gave them to my parents and my partner. So there's this one particular scent I did not like - Jo Malone's English Pear and Freesia. Not that I don't like it at all but it is one of my least used perfumes because the scent gives me headache. As a malfunctioning girl...

Finding the best MFK Baccarat 540 dupe. Hi! Near here! I’m relatively new to fragrances and blind-bought some, I liked most of them but some are just not for me. But out of around 10 blind-buys I have for the past six months, one really stood out and has been a staple for me. It’s a quite famous fragrance from a quite famous brand that is definitely not quite cheap. haha!  If you’re thinking Maison Francis Kurkdjian, then you are absolutely right! I have been using Baccarat 540 EDP and Extrait, and Gentle Fluidity Gold from this brand because I’ve heard it’s a good brand.  https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Maison-Francis-Kurkdjian/Baccarat-Rouge-540-33519.html https://www.fragrantica.com/perfume/Maison-Francis-Kurkdjian/Baccarat-Rouge-540-Extrait-de-Parfum-46066.html From the two (BR540 & GFG), BR540 EDP has been my staple and the one I get compliments the most  I must admit, I didn’t like it at first because of the metallic notes on it which gets amplified on m...