You know you're a "fraghead" when....

[Schubertian]

When you engage in frequent business and/or leisure travel, and skillfully plan fragrance shopping into each trip.

😄 This is exactly what I was doing now, planning for next week's trip to Berlin!
With a constant reminder to myself not to buy anything (since I've pretty much exhausted my budget for the moment) but to go round all the stores and sample, sample, sample things that are on my test list and more....

 

[Varanis Ridari]

When you wear so much perfume that you give yourself sinus issues that require months of not wearing it to fix.

(Hello, it's me)

 

[Schubertian]

When you wear so much perfume that you give yourself sinus issues that require months of not wearing it to fix.

(Hello, it's me)

Oh no, so sorry to hear that.

 

[Varanis Ridari]

Oh no, so sorry to hear that.

I tried to "come back" and realized it stopped the healing process, so I'm back off scent again for another week or two. I'm getting there. Stuff is hydrating on its own again, and not requiring constant saline.

 

[Ken_Russell]

Although this might have been mentioned before:
... when most of your not just recreational, spare time, strictly personal, but also your more public, business/work related errands, travels, transportation, itineraries and destinations are somehow related to and conditioned by fragrance testings and/or buys.

 

[Tea_Lilly]

I tried to "come back" and realized it stopped the healing process, so I'm back off scent again for another week or two. I'm getting there. Stuff is hydrating on its own again, and not requiring constant saline.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

 

[Bavard]

When you find yourself going along with people you met online who want to browse perfume for six hours on a Saturday.

 

[Scentologist]

Wished I was independently wealthy. I'd quite my profession, Travel the world to sniff fragrances, and start a fragrance and cosmetic company. I digress. I guess you know you're a fraghead when that is your dream.

 

[JoM68]

When you wear so much perfume that you give yourself sinus issues that require months of not wearing it to fix.

(Hello, it's me)

That's not good but I'm glad giving your nose time to heal seems to be working. Keeping fingers crossed all will be well.

 

[Varanis Ridari]

That's not good but I'm glad giving your nose time to heal seems to be working. Keeping fingers crossed all will be well.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Thanks! I'm certainly tired of having bottles I bought new 3 months ago still sitting maybe sprayed once when first bought, that I can't wear because dryness, pain, and nosebleeds result.

Hopefully another week since I'm basically not dry anymore, just sensitive.

 

[PStoller]

Thanks! I'm certainly tired of having bottles I bought new 3 months ago still sitting maybe sprayed once when first bought, that I can't wear because dryness, pain, and nosebleeds result.

Hopefully another week since I'm basically not dry anymore, just sensitive.

Just remember, the bottles are not going anywhere. You take good care of yourself, even though we’re all impatient for your new insights.

 

[Varanis Ridari]

Just remember, the bottles are not going anywhere. You take good care of yourself, even though we’re all impatient for your new insights.

I'm trying, and I'm seeing progress, but two steps forward and one step back it seems (wildfire smoke for a month didn't help).

 

[Ifti]

There is such a thing as 'bad fume day"… argh!

 

[Pippin06]

When you enjoy the "nose" of your wine almost as much as the taste.

 

[Ifti]

 

[Ifti]

Just. Normal. The pugnacious temerity of it.

 

[underground]

LIST PLEASE:
(Humour allowed!) Something that we do/ say/ other - or that if you saw these present in another you may well have a little chuckle and nod to yourself "he/she's one of us... mwahaha".

I'll start with a few statements:

1."Vintage is better"
2. "well, I've got XYZ on my left arm and ABC on my right, and I can tell you for sure...."
3. " I wear perfume/cologne SOLELY for myself...

i love me some types of faeces. yummy

 

[PStoller]

…you discern a difference between sprayed and dabbed (and it even occurs to you to check).

 

[underground]

…you discern a difference between sprayed and dabbed (and it even occurs to you to check).

i do that. spray slaps the hell out of dabbing anytime all the time.

 

[Diamondflame]

…deg and bhapka aren’t quite as foreign to you as they sound.

…you know a fragrance better than the SA who’s trying to sell it.

…you have a fragrance atomiser or two with you wherever you go, ‘just in case…’.

…you could figure out a scent profile based on the aromachemicals listed e.g. linalool, coumarin, Suederal, Iso-E-Super, etc.

 

[Scent Detective]

You slap down a CC for an expensive blind buy without thinking twice...

 

[Pippin06]

You reach for you SOTD--eyes half open--before you pour your first cup.

 

[nosey74]

Having a healthy stash of decanting supplies (disposable pipettes, funnels, syringes, travel atomizers, label maker, etc.) so you can share your fragrances with your fellow enthusiasts.

 

[FiveoaksBouquet]

You reach for you SOTD--eyes half open--before you pour your first cup.

Definitely!

 

[ChypreInBloom]

When colleagues systematically leave the last 5 ml of their perfume bottle in your pigeonhole.

 

[Maize & Blue]

When your small side of the bathroom counter just about no longer exists with anything else.

 

[Ifti]

Wherever I travel, there is a thrill to find a gem, a discontinued, a vintage or a steal! Googling ahead now when there is any chance of being off my own beaten tracks!

 

[Varanis Ridari]

You conduct sprayer surgery on a rare discontinued fragrance because cutting it open and decanting it ruins the magic.

 

[nosey74]

Wherever I travel, there is a thrill to find a gem, a discontinued, a vintage or a steal! Googling ahead now when there is any chance of being off my own beaten tracks!

I'm still hopeful that one of these days I'll walk into a thrift store / garage sale / estate sale and find a full pristine bottle of Jean Patou Pour Homme or Rochas Macassar for $5!

 

[Monocacy]

…. when you read this thread for the second time and it still makes you chuckle.

 

[Andrewthecologneguy]

Your co-workers know you are present because your scent trail is still in the elevator

 

[FiveoaksBouquet]

Your co-workers know you are present because your scent trail is still in the elevator

So true. Having worked in a perfume-friendly establishment, walking down the halls I could always tell who had been there before me by their lingering signature perfume. 😊

 

[Varanis Ridari]

When you make Basenotes threads complaining about a fragrance or fragrance type then act genuinely surprised when folks who like it get mad in replies. 🤣

 

[TheWiffMaster]

When you apply fragrance even knowing you're going to shower soon then immediately after you dry off.