First, the winner of
last week's giveaway: NELLE 25
To claim your winnings, please send an e-mail to
olympicorchids at gmail dot com with your full shipping address.
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My laptop died last week, and I've lost at least four days getting a replacement, setting it up, and figuring out how the new versions of everything operate. In the meantime, as spring arrives, I've been thinking about a lot of things, including what to do with all of my perfume samples.
It's funny how often events seem to coincide. I had slowly gotten
to the point where I couldn't file away any more perfume samples in my
"mini-osmotheque" library because the sheer number had become
overwhelming, so many of them had evaporated, leaked, congealed, or otherwise
gone bad, all of my file boxes were full to bursting and, most importantly, 90% of the samples I've collected are
ones that I would not even want to revisit, let along take the time, trouble, and skin space to actually wear. My
dilemma was what to do about the glut of sample vials.
A few months ago I gave up on filing and started dumping samples
in a big box after I had tested them. I had also started keeping out the samples
that I liked, and wearing them. The first one that I used up was DSH Albino, which
performs well in public in that it is pleasant to me, but keeps a low enough profile
so as not to bother other people.
My final strategy is going to be to have
three boxes - the first will be the old set of file boxes, which will be strictly for useful
references (i.e., vintage classics, especially noteworthy perfumes that are
hard to find, etc, all stored in secure vials). The second box will be samples
I want to wear and use up, and the
third will be a box of samples to give away. The giveaway box will be by far
the largest. I will be offering interested readers samples in 100 g lots for as
long as I have samples to give away. The selection will be totally random.
Synchronicity comes into play because today I read a post onAPJ expressing the need to use samples rather than file them away, and recounting the writer's experience of finding that samples had leaked away, evaporated
or were discontinued. That resonated completely with my intention to stop
hoarding samples that I really don't want. For most, my notes are enough. Too
many perfumes, so little time to enjoy them all!
If you would like to receive a pack of random samples measured out by weight,
please leave a comment about how you deal with perfume samples. Do you save
them, use them, pass them on, or do something else with them? Because international shipping is so expensive (not my choice!), this offer is for USA only. I haven't decided yet how I will choose the recipients of the samples, but your chances of getting a portion are very good!
[Cyclamen and jumbled samples photos are mine; library photo is from Wikimedia]
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