I like content that focuses on using what I have. I know content creators have to bring in new fragrances so I appreciate you mirroring both behaviors.
I have a small collection compared to most people that I meet in the YT fragcom. I'm currently not buying so that I can really play with the fragrances I have. I'm trying different pairings and figuring out which fragrances I will replace when I finish them. Learning about what I have and why they work for me is more enriching than the constant buying. So this was the long way of saying that I agree with you regarding Maria.🤔😂
I really appreciate that you don’t sit in front of all your perfume. It may sound silly but it can be overwhelming when I see that in videos.I love your energy,
I’ve been doing a monthly tray for a while now and it’s a great way to get to know your collection. I always have 10 perfumes on my tray and I use each one 3 days that month. I have 160 bottles and I love them all so it makes me happy to know that I’m taking time to use each one. This was a great video Maria, hope it works out for you.
I appreciate the mixed content. I like to think a lot of us who want a bit of niche, designer, and affordable really appreciate this because it is more relatable. Your genuine appreciation of fragrances, regardless of their price, is infectious and frankly freeing. I like to layer Alluring fig with Caramel Cascade and Yara Moi.
I love this idea. I feel like my tray is always just full of perfumes I want to test after a blind buy or test for considering a declutter, but I'd love to use it more to wear my collection. Also I love how down to earth both you and Veronica are and I love that you include all types of fragrances. I have a large collection, but if I had to pick a top 10 or something there would be a mix of low cost Middle Eastern that I love to designer to indie to niche because it really doesn't matter to me as long as it smells good.
I love your idea. Hearing about new ones is fun but so is visiting scents you already have. I’ll find it interesting seeing your choices and hope to be inspired to do something similar. 👍
Surprised at how few creators use an actual inventory spreadsheet! You can classify, take notes, prices. Useful info for videos, references, combos, purchasing decisions. I can't imagine just eyeballing a collection to use, let alone make content about.
All your tray choices sound delicious! You are going to smell fantastic, as I’m sure you always do ❤. I’m going to have to find a sample of Gritti Mango Aoud. You make it sound so good 🥭! Currently, my tray is a mish mash of cozy iris frags and spring florals. Testing out a decant of Lilac Love by Amouage. Wow! It’s a gourmand I can get behind.
Hi Maria!! 👋❤️🌹 I do a Seasonal Tray, and I have 15 that fit onto a crystal tray which I inherited from my late Mother. 🙏❤️🌹 It's the only thing I have of her's so I treasure it and it sits on my vanity and holds my Seasonal perfumes. I try to get through the 15 and get empties. It gets challenging in the 3rd month of the season, and sometimes I get bored of wearing the same ones if I'm trying to use them up and they're not a love. I'm trying to curate my collection to all Loves and looking forward to seeing how it develops. I love your idea for your tray and look forward to seeing your thoughts on it very much 🥰 Much Love Fi xx ❤️🥝👋
I started my "collection" in early 2024. 90% of my fragrances are samples & decants and I decided in early summer to start using one sample per week, or until it was empty, unless I really hated the scent. I've had to stop collecting because I had way too many.
It's insane how everyone is creating fragrances now. I saw another creator talk about designer laundry detergents in 2025: which I'm not mad about.😂 But really, do we need a Cirque deal Soleil line?
@@alisalavine1052 If you've tried it, then you'd know we DO. It's one of the best releases of 2024. But yes, some of these popping up are just cash grabs (celebrity lines).
I bought some fabulous bookshelves a few years ago, but the place where I live now has built-in bookshelves--many. So, now my fragrance collection lives on the shelves I bought. They look pretty good! I have some display steps for my 11 niche ones. Out of those, I have cherry punk, identity Oud crescent, and velvet vanilla. I think CP will be my sotd--awesome stuff. As for VV, I can't believe I denied myself from buying that for so long. I was intrigued by it at first sniff, but I thought it was too feminine for me. I feel silly for ever thinking that, and I now wear it whenever I leave the house to go somewhere outside of work to make up for it. I never get compliments on it. I don't expect I ever will, but it doesn't matter. I absolutely love it. By the way, I was going to wait to sample L'Interdit before I bought it, but I found a good price on a tester, so I went ahead. 😅
I have discovered a way to get more samples and decants. Easier to store and hope to try to buy only loves. I want to set up a display for my perfumes as well. I am moving and mine are scatter between three homes and across two states 😮. Thanks for your content I really enjoy that we get to see all of the things. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
I’m going to figure out how to do this.I think I just over-complicate it -Like I need one from each of the dupe houses in my collection, an Arabian one, a niche one, a designer one, a banana republic (since I have almost all of them) a cheapie! The list gets long as soon as I start thinking about it!
I wonder - If I created a fragrance that made people smell poor, what would the notes be and would the ladies who lunch buy it? PS - I have a decant of Rose Omeyyade and think it's kind of similar to Baroque Satin Oud. Do you think so?
I really wish perfume related content creators would stop buying and introducing SO many new perfumes (all at once) throughout the year...talking about hauls . While I enjoy hearing about a new fragrance, it can be a bit overwhelming to see so many perfumes at once. I'd rather see a few that I can learn about and consider than feeling like so many are being shoved in my face...not an enjoyable experience for me.
I like content that focuses on using what I have. I know content creators have to bring in new fragrances so I appreciate you mirroring both behaviors.
I have a small collection compared to most people that I meet in the YT fragcom.
I'm currently not buying so that I can really play with the fragrances I have. I'm trying different pairings and figuring out which fragrances I will replace when I finish them.
Learning about what I have and why they work for me is more enriching than the constant buying.
So this was the long way of saying that I agree with you regarding Maria.🤔😂
I really appreciate that you don’t sit in front of all your perfume. It may sound silly but it can be overwhelming when I see that in videos.I love your energy,
Yesss! The gals who do that make me feel a bit bummed and fomo!
I love when you say “it’s freaking amazing!”❤
Or…”it’s DELICIOUS “!! 😊
Maria I always love your videos and perfume picks but I have to say, you are ALWAYS so radiant!!! Gosh I want your skin and a makeup tutorial!!
Thank you so much! I recently did a video talking about my routine 😀
@ oh I’ll watch now!!
I've been obsessed with Eclaire (SOTD) and Empire Victor. I cannot put them down! I also love Julianna's LDBS and Milk Expressive!!
Love eclair but it lasts and projects like a body mist on me! 😢and I even let it macerate three months 🤷♀️ so bummed. So I’ll stick to the OG.
I’ve been doing a monthly tray for a while now and it’s a great way to get to know your collection. I always have 10 perfumes on my tray and I use each one 3 days that month. I have 160 bottles and I love them all so it makes me happy to know that I’m taking time to use each one. This was a great video Maria, hope it works out for you.
I appreciate the mixed content. I like to think a lot of us who want a bit of niche, designer, and affordable really appreciate this because it is more relatable. Your genuine appreciation of fragrances, regardless of their price, is infectious and frankly freeing.
I like to layer Alluring fig with Caramel Cascade and Yara Moi.
Thanks for weighing in- I am happy to hear that you like the diversity! 😀💖
I finally got in the Ginger Babe from Aroma Concept. Now I want to get the Jo Malone one. I love this!
Ginger babe??? Is that their version of ginger biscuit??? Aaaaaaah I need it!!
@mariacollettlife yes.
@@cynthiaprzybylinski4842
I want that one too!!
I love this idea. I feel like my tray is always just full of perfumes I want to test after a blind buy or test for considering a declutter, but I'd love to use it more to wear my collection. Also I love how down to earth both you and Veronica are and I love that you include all types of fragrances. I have a large collection, but if I had to pick a top 10 or something there would be a mix of low cost Middle Eastern that I love to designer to indie to niche because it really doesn't matter to me as long as it smells good.
I absolutely love Empire Victor! I wear it often!❤
I love this series already!
Great to see you Maria in the new year 🎆
Thank you happy new year!💕
I love your idea. Hearing about new ones is fun but so is visiting scents you already have. I’ll find it interesting seeing your choices and hope to be inspired to do something similar. 👍
Surprised at how few creators use an actual inventory spreadsheet! You can classify, take notes, prices. Useful info for videos, references, combos, purchasing decisions. I can't imagine just eyeballing a collection to use, let alone make content about.
All your tray choices sound delicious! You are going to smell fantastic, as I’m sure you always do ❤.
I’m going to have to find a sample of Gritti Mango Aoud. You make it sound so good 🥭! Currently, my tray is a mish mash of cozy iris frags and spring florals. Testing out a decant of Lilac Love by Amouage. Wow! It’s a gourmand I can get behind.
I am an Eclair fan also, I think pairing Empire with Eclair might be delicious!
It isss
Maria, this is a great idea! I have been thinking along those lines too!😊 wow, sounds like a big project.
Hi Maria!! 👋❤️🌹 I do a Seasonal Tray, and I have 15 that fit onto a crystal tray which I inherited from my late Mother. 🙏❤️🌹
It's the only thing I have of her's so I treasure it and it sits on my vanity and holds my Seasonal perfumes.
I try to get through the 15 and get empties. It gets challenging in the 3rd month of the season, and sometimes I get bored of wearing the same ones if I'm trying to use them up and they're not a love.
I'm trying to curate my collection to all Loves and looking forward to seeing how it develops.
I love your idea for your tray and look forward to seeing your thoughts on it very much 🥰
Much Love Fi xx ❤️🥝👋
I started my "collection" in early 2024. 90% of my fragrances are samples & decants and I decided in early summer to start using one sample per week, or until it was empty, unless I really hated the scent. I've had to stop collecting because I had way too many.
Yes, I think everyone can relate. Fragrance exploded but it’s gotten a bit out of hand! 😀
It's insane how everyone is creating fragrances now. I saw another creator talk about designer laundry detergents in 2025: which I'm not mad about.😂
But really, do we need a Cirque deal Soleil line?
@@alisalavine1052 If you've tried it, then you'd know we DO. It's one of the best releases of 2024. But yes, some of these popping up are just cash grabs (celebrity lines).
I bought some fabulous bookshelves a few years ago, but the place where I live now has built-in bookshelves--many. So, now my fragrance collection lives on the shelves I bought. They look pretty good! I have some display steps for my 11 niche ones.
Out of those, I have cherry punk, identity Oud crescent, and velvet vanilla. I think CP will be my sotd--awesome stuff. As for VV, I can't believe I denied myself from buying that for so long. I was intrigued by it at first sniff, but I thought it was too feminine for me. I feel silly for ever thinking that, and I now wear it whenever I leave the house to go somewhere outside of work to make up for it. I never get compliments on it. I don't expect I ever will, but it doesn't matter. I absolutely love it.
By the way, I was going to wait to sample L'Interdit before I bought it, but I found a good price on a tester, so I went ahead. 😅
This is a great idea, I think I need to make a montly tray also with just max off 15 scents, love to see how you select them
Thanks for sharing your perfumes 🙌🏽🙌🏽🤩
I watch sometimes Veronica says😊😊I love her laugh 😆
That Mango Aoud bottle is stunning 😍 The way you described it really makes me want to smell it! 😅
I’m kind of in love!! 😂
Love your tray
My collection is huge. I’m trying to keep it under 150. Stress shopping is such a problem. 😢
I’m right there with you, hon 😢
Yes I agree. We need to start encouraging one another to enjoy our collection rather than always adding to it!
@@mariacollettlife so true! Love watching your videos. ❤️
Coffee Addict is so sweet. I just got, and love. But I also need to mix with something polarizing.
I love your hair. Can I have some?🌷🌷🌷You're the Silver Seductress!
🤣 love that nickname!!
I do a weekly tray that way I can wear all my perfumes.
I have discovered a way to get more samples and decants. Easier to store and hope to try to buy only loves. I want to set up a display for my perfumes as well. I am moving and mine are scatter between three homes and across two states 😮. Thanks for your content I really enjoy that we get to see all of the things. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you!! Sample storage is my nemesis! Can’t figure out a good system 😂
Holy moly!! I was TODAYS yrs old when I learned you could DRINK cedar !! 😅
I’m going to figure out how to do this.I think I just over-complicate it -Like I need one from each of the dupe houses in my collection, an Arabian one, a niche one, a designer one, a banana republic (since I have almost all of them) a cheapie! The list gets long as soon as I start thinking about it!
I wonder - If I created a fragrance that made people smell poor, what would the notes be and would the ladies who lunch buy it?
PS - I have a decant of Rose Omeyyade and think it's kind of similar to Baroque Satin Oud. Do you think so?
I would love your review on Eclaire Affair by French Avenue.
Okay thanks for the suggestion 😀
I'm taking a break from buying. I have over 65 perfumes and I just want to love the ones I have. Sure I still window shop though
I ordered a few Gritti samples and mango aoud is is in the bunch. I can pretend to be a zillionaire for two days, 1ml worth 😁
Love it. Please let me know what you think of them in upcoming videos…I’m really curious about the brand.💕
I really wish perfume related content creators would stop buying and introducing SO many new perfumes (all at once) throughout the year...talking about hauls . While I enjoy hearing about a new fragrance, it can be a bit overwhelming to see so many perfumes at once. I'd rather see a few that I can learn about and consider than feeling like so many are being shoved in my face...not an enjoyable experience for me.