At Sephora right now and they have the new Tom Ford Taormina Orange. Love the opening; anxious to see if it has any lasting power to it. Anyone try this one yet??

… not sure this is the flex they think it is, would you really want to walk around looking like a CSI crime scene ??

Hey guys, just got this delivered, Mind Games discovery set, Mentor and Prodigy! A great way to test fragrances before going in blind on a full bottle. Though a little pricey here, it does come with a bit of swag, magnetic carring case, diffusers and some kind of metal chess board? How about you guys? Have you tried these two from MG? Why do you like or dislike them? Which's your fav? Love to hear from ya'!

I just spent a solid hour writing up a review for my next SOTD, only to accidentally hit the back button and erase everything I wrote. I'll re-write it tomorrow when the frustration has gone away, but wanted to commiserate for a second. I really wish Skool would let us create a draft post and save our work. It's not the first time I've had this happen. So annoyed now.

To my fans of Goldfield and Banks, yesterday, i’m very proud to announce something i was able to participate in, and something extremely unexpected to say the least! So i’ve become a local customer at a niche perfume store, and became fairly good friends with the store manager. She invited me to a really cool event that i went to yesterday, something i couldn’t pass up the opportunity for. I met sales executives, curators, enthusiasts, and best of all, i got to meet Dimitri, the owner and master perfumer behind Goldfield and Banks. They showed us raw ingredients, oils, and process of making them, and gave out autographs and cool free stuff. I literally only knew one person there lol, but as someone who’s struggled with severe social anxiety for a really long time, i couldn’t even have imagined myself going there a few years ago. I walked in, introduced myself to the first girl i saw, talked to her for a while, introduced myself to more people, and got to meet the owner! and dude, i wasn’t nervous or scared at all. in fact, i was able to just make a normal, really good conversation with him! we conversed for around 20-30 minutes, and talked about everything, life, perfuming, our dreams, inspirations, etc. Definitely a nice guy, slightly closed (still friendly though) at first, but super cool when he opens up. even better yet, he started to introduce me to some of his other colleagues. he pulled the camera guy over, and we took a picture together! i took a selfie with him too. he told me how impressed he was with me, about my personality and vision, and said with the right drive, i could do some amazing things. literally made my day, im so shocked i was able to make such a good impression in just 20 minutes. he asked me if used any social media, i told him i was off it for now, and he told me, when i get insta back, to post that picture and tag him. and when he left, he looked for me to tell me he was leaving. Im still in the best form of shocked ever. like genuinely.