The third quarter of the year is over: time to light a candle to Our Lady Of Scented Abundance, Donatella Versace, and ‘fess up to the damage you did in July, August and September.
The damage so far: second quarter 2008 buying poll
The second quarter of the year is over, so it's 'fess up time again: how many bottles did you buy in April, May and June?
I bought 3 bottles this quarter…
The damage so far: first quarter 2008 buying poll
The first quarter of the year is over, and it's time to 'fess up: how many bottles have you bought so far?
I've bought 3 bottles…
Perfume budgeting, part 3, and a “true confessions” poll
Back in May, I reported that I had not bought a single bottle of perfume so far in 2007. That didn't hold true for long, but unless I fall prey to a vicious lemming between now and the end of the year, I'll end up with a total bottle intake of 7*. Not too shabby for an addict, and about the same as I did last year. In 2005, I bought 11 bottles, and we're not even going to talk about my shameful, completely out-of-control intake in 2004 (let's just say that most of my perfume collection was purchased in 2004).
A few random factoids about this year's spending: I bought 3 of the 7 bottles at full department store prices, something I haven't done in years (and a practice I wouldn't encourage, although so far, only 1 of the 3 has appeared at the discounters). 1.5* of the 7 bottles were purchased unsniffed. And every single one of the 7 bottles was a mainstream fragrance…
Perfume budgeting, part 2, and a perfume buying poll
In late 2005, I posted a little lament about my perfume spending:
I first became seriously interested in fragrance in late 2003. I bought one bottle in November, and another in December. A flurry of spending early in 2004 eventually led to a self-imposed limit of 2 bottles per month. I stuck to that (more or less) for the remainder of the year. This year, I have slowed down, but all the same my “to buy” list currently comprises 15 fragrances, only 2 of which are to replace bottles that are nearly empty.
My total perfume intake for 2005 ended up at 11 bottles. Not too bad, and in 2006, I did even better…