I have just one backup bottle and it's for MAC's Velvet Teddy. It's discontinued and my current bottle is pretty close to being done so I'll actually get use out of the backup. It was also being sold for pennies so it was perfect timing. Otherwise, I don't do backup bottles. My collection is pushing 200 bottles at the moment and it's just not necessary. I don't go through bottles enough to justify it. I think backup bottles would make sense for me if my collection was under 10 or so bottles because there's a much larger chance that I'll be going through entire fragrances and needing the backups. And I think we as perfume lovers (or hoarders lol) kind of underestimate how long it takes to get through a bottle honestly. I know that realistically I could do with just decants from here on out, but I'm greedy and I love pretty bottles haha. So having backups on top of that just feels like a bit much for me personally. But to each their own!
Yes to all of this and love to hear your perspective 💕 It does feel excessive to me too but I’m taking my baby steps! Oh, and we haven’t even touched my decants, discovery sets and samples - there’s plenty of those too! 🫢
I'm someone who believes in having signature scents and not diluting one's scent image by having too many different fragrances. I am therefore a believer in having back-up of one's favourites. Four of my five favourites happen to be discontinued so as you can see, I'm trying to somewhat hoard backups of these before they're completely gone. I know... it's an insecurity, but hey I want to invest in me-scents which I already love. Just only stumbled upon your channel... love your non-excessive attitude towards your fragrances. 🧡
I love this concept! Yes, in my soul and heart I believe in not having excess although I have definitely gone against that this past year with my collection…looking forward to getting it down. Thanks for your thoughtful comment! 💕
Thank you! I am taking this seriously and definitely trying to be true to myself, all while breaking away from the addiction component. Thank for your thoughtful comments. 💕
Oh my goodness and the juice too! Valentina Rosa Assoluto is also out of this world gorgeous - the bottle and the fragrance 💕 Thanks for your lovely comment and for watching ☺️
I have two back up bottles - Lancôme’s Idole and Aura. Idole bc it came in a gift set so I practically got the 3.4 oz for free. Idole Aura is bc I totally forgot I purchased a bottle a day before I made the second purchase. It was through Mercari & I was not going to cancel due to my mindless, obsessive mistake. 😆 As for decluttering. I’ve been placing the perfume bottles I think I want to declutter in a box, in my closet. Since then, I took two bottles out. I don’t think I can declutter due to the amount of research, money & possible regret I may go through but if ever a loved one wants a bottle, more than likely I’ll give it to them or give them a bottle in the same scent family. I’ve been overwhelmed but that just makes me love certain perfumes a little more. I know, it’s crazy! 😆
That’s a good way to do it! At least then they’re out of sight and you can somewhat test whether or not you’ll miss them 💕 Love it! Thanks for sharing ☺️
These fragrances sound so wonderful, I haven't smelled any of the ones you showed. My perfume collection consists of many samples and birthday gifts and past scentbird subscription. I'm slowly buying full size of the samples I love. I will definitely check out your Mercari.
You are a smart women! I try not to have regrets but it would have been a lot easier if I started with samples instead of so many full size bottles and also being more deliberate on building my collection. All that being said, these are definitely some of my all time favorites. 💕 Thanks for your thoughtful comment! 🤗
I think you're doing great and like you said it's a process. There's fragrances constantly being reformulated or discontinued or the prices ridiculously raised. If I could afford it, I'd have one backup of fragrances I adore. Tfs💜
You're doing a great job of decluttering! I would keep the backups you already own, including Delina Exclusif, and then just focus on not purchasing any more repeats until you actually finish a bottle and need a replacement.
Yes, I went back and forth on a lot of them and had to put everything in perspective and think about the smaller collection I’m creating…I also have a ton of samples and discovery houses to go through too so it made sense to be a little more cut throat - but it was hard! 🫤 Thanks for the encouragement 💕
I love that you do body positivity too! I'm running over to check you out! I think my only back up is izia la nuit because it's like number one top fave... I'm eyeballing some of yours though lol
I have 2 backup bottles in my collection of over 200. One is an almost full bottle of my beloved Manifesto. The other is a tester bottle of one of my fav perfumes- Dolce and Gabanna The One EDT. I got a great deal and could not pass it up. I have 4 in the Mon Parfum collection and Mon parfum Gold is my favorite. I was only able to get a 30 ml and now its sold out. :(
I do hope they’re just changing up the bottles for Mon Parfum because they are so wonderful. 🤞🏼 love to hear the back-up bottle numbers from other collectors…helps me put it in perspective 💕 Thank you for sharing!
Hello Laura, I think these would be automatic choices for your 50 or less if you love them enough to have back up bottles. I seem to be very drawn to rose in fragrances (at least currently). - Jenn
The Mon Parfum Crystal notes sound yum, especially for the colder months. The little baby in it’s’ little silk pillow😂🤣too cute! I just spent forever in Myers (teenage son in tow)searching for a frag for Spring here in Australia, wanting an everdayer that was an allrounder ,anyway after spraying a wad of cards and all wrists and arms ,coffee sniffing🙄 probably twenty I went away and decided on none of them but ended up trying and buying the new Dior Parfum it’s different from the original but it is soft and feminine so I just settled! 30ml 👶 so good testing size! Anyway I would loooove to have back ups of my fav’s but atm finances doesnt really permit!Man I could go to town on frags like you did if I was let loose! Gung ho? As you say😂I love perfumes! PS:KEEP THE DELINA🎀💗she’s lovely and the way these house chop and change I’m sure you won’t regret keeping it! Stash her away. For a future investment or treat!💞 Loving your videos🕊💗🌸keep us updated in your sweet, feminine bubble, its a pleasure watching💕
What a wonderful comment Nora ☺️ I’ve heard it’s better to smell bare skin Vs coffee to clear your pallet but it sounds like you didn’t have any bare skin left! Enjoy your new bottle and thank you so much for your kind words 💕💕💕
@@LauraSparkles_ 😂🤣haha yes you are right about that! And it sure wouldnt be fitting me sniffing myself where I didnt spray if that would be at all physically possible for me😂Anyway I wasn’t aware of that! Bare skin above coffee! Interesting 🧐 Thanks for the compliment! I am enjoying the new Miss Dior although she is quite shy but seems to bloom when I’m outdoors walking the dog!🐩 Please let us know what you decided with the Delina! I bought the hand cream to get an idea of the scent it is beautiful! God bless you Laura🙏🎀🌸🕊🤍
Just discovered you and am binging your videos. I too am in the purging/curating phase. I have backup bottles of 14 fragrances; of those, 10 are discontinued. That’s mainly why I backup. Are you really paranoid, if it turns out to be true? lol
This video was challenging to finish - very confronting. For me I could see the difference between the stress caused by the literal addiction I was facing vs my dream collection and what I am creating instead…aka there were some demons to work through! I try to be as honest as possible and show all of my emotions on this declutter journey since (to the best of my knowledge) we don’t have a Perfume Addicts Anonymous. Always love seeing you here and so enjoy your comments! 😘
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I have 3 bottles of Tom Ford orchid soleil and 1 soleil blanc. And 1 Alexandre J. Zafeer Oud Vanille.🤍
I have back up bottle too,because they discontinue all the time. I love your background and the beautiful flowers. I enjoy all your videos.
Yes, I totally get it and they sure do!!! What a sweet comment - thank you! 💕
I have just one backup bottle and it's for MAC's Velvet Teddy. It's discontinued and my current bottle is pretty close to being done so I'll actually get use out of the backup. It was also being sold for pennies so it was perfect timing. Otherwise, I don't do backup bottles. My collection is pushing 200 bottles at the moment and it's just not necessary. I don't go through bottles enough to justify it. I think backup bottles would make sense for me if my collection was under 10 or so bottles because there's a much larger chance that I'll be going through entire fragrances and needing the backups. And I think we as perfume lovers (or hoarders lol) kind of underestimate how long it takes to get through a bottle honestly. I know that realistically I could do with just decants from here on out, but I'm greedy and I love pretty bottles haha. So having backups on top of that just feels like a bit much for me personally. But to each their own!
Yes to all of this and love to hear your perspective 💕 It does feel excessive to me too but I’m taking my baby steps! Oh, and we haven’t even touched my decants, discovery sets and samples - there’s plenty of those too! 🫢
@@LauraSparkles_ as a fellow hoarder I definitely understand the struggle 😅
Watched this video this morning while I was getting ready for work. Had a great time. Thanks!!!❤
Yay! I appreciate the comment Love AND I bet you have a great time no matter what you’re doing 😘
I HAAAD to come back to watch the declutter AND see what backups you have lol . tfs ❤️✨✨
Haaaa, I had too many! 😘
I'm someone who believes in having signature scents and not diluting one's scent image by having too many different fragrances. I am therefore a believer in having back-up of one's favourites. Four of my five favourites happen to be discontinued so as you can see, I'm trying to somewhat hoard backups of these before they're completely gone. I know... it's an insecurity, but hey I want to invest in me-scents which I already love. Just only stumbled upon your channel... love your non-excessive attitude towards your fragrances. 🧡
I love this concept! Yes, in my soul and heart I believe in not having excess although I have definitely gone against that this past year with my collection…looking forward to getting it down. Thanks for your thoughtful comment! 💕
By the end of the video I saw you make the difficult cuts. I think you did very well and were honest with yourself. - Jenn
Thank you! I am taking this seriously and definitely trying to be true to myself, all while breaking away from the addiction component. Thank for your thoughtful comments. 💕
That valentino bottle is amazing. Love your back-ups 💕
Oh my goodness and the juice too! Valentina Rosa Assoluto is also out of this world gorgeous - the bottle and the fragrance 💕 Thanks for your lovely comment and for watching ☺️
I have two back up bottles - Lancôme’s Idole and Aura. Idole bc it came in a gift set so I practically got the 3.4 oz for free. Idole Aura is bc I totally forgot I purchased a bottle a day before I made the second purchase. It was through Mercari & I was not going to cancel due to my mindless, obsessive mistake. 😆
As for decluttering. I’ve been placing the perfume bottles I think I want to declutter in a box, in my closet. Since then, I took two bottles out. I don’t think I can declutter due to the amount of research, money & possible regret I may go through but if ever a loved one wants a bottle, more than likely I’ll give it to them or give them a bottle in the same scent family. I’ve been overwhelmed but that just makes me love certain perfumes a little more. I know, it’s crazy! 😆
That’s a good way to do it! At least then they’re out of sight and you can somewhat test whether or not you’ll miss them 💕 Love it! Thanks for sharing ☺️
These fragrances sound so wonderful, I haven't smelled any of the ones you showed. My perfume collection consists of many samples and birthday gifts and past scentbird subscription. I'm slowly buying full size of the samples I love. I will definitely check out your Mercari.
You are a smart women! I try not to have regrets but it would have been a lot easier if I started with samples instead of so many full size bottles and also being more deliberate on building my collection. All that being said, these are definitely some of my all time favorites. 💕 Thanks for your thoughtful comment! 🤗
I think you're doing great and like you said it's a process. There's fragrances constantly being reformulated or discontinued or the prices ridiculously raised. If I could afford it, I'd have one backup of fragrances I adore. Tfs💜
Thank you! I’m trying to show all the parts too, not just when it’s easy…it’s a whole rollercoaster some days! 😅
Glad I found you months ago. I’m trying to stop my consumerism and stop buying a ton of perfume.❤
So happy you’re here! Keep it up…I’m sure you’re doing great 💕
I love rose too, one of my top 3 favorite notes. Love the cute baby Mon Cristal bottle! Lovely scent memory attached to Lipstick Rose💄 🌹
Oh my goodness isn’t rose lovely? 🌹 Thanks for your thoughtful comments 😘
You're doing a great job of decluttering! I would keep the backups you already own, including Delina Exclusif, and then just focus on not purchasing any more repeats until you actually finish a bottle and need a replacement.
Oops, I see you decided to declutter Delina. Someone will get a great beauty!
Yes, I went back and forth on a lot of them and had to put everything in perspective and think about the smaller collection I’m creating…I also have a ton of samples and discovery houses to go through too so it made sense to be a little more cut throat - but it was hard! 🫤 Thanks for the encouragement 💕
I love that you do body positivity too! I'm running over to check you out! I think my only back up is izia la nuit because it's like number one top fave... I'm eyeballing some of yours though lol
😆 That’s how it goes, huh? 1 back-up bottle sounds great! Great to have you here 😘
I have 2 backup bottles in my collection of over 200. One is an almost full bottle of my beloved Manifesto. The other is a tester bottle of one of my fav perfumes- Dolce and Gabanna The One EDT. I got a great deal and could not pass it up. I have 4 in the Mon Parfum collection and Mon parfum Gold is my favorite. I was only able to get a 30 ml and now its sold out. :(
I do hope they’re just changing up the bottles for Mon Parfum because they are so wonderful. 🤞🏼 love to hear the back-up bottle numbers from other collectors…helps me put it in perspective 💕 Thank you for sharing!
You are an inspiration in many ways❤️
Thank you so much Karen ☺️ That means a lot 💕
I love Chanel 19 and poudre.
Lovely fragrances. 💕
Hello Laura,
I think these would be automatic choices for your 50 or less if you love them enough to have back up bottles. I seem to be very drawn to rose in fragrances (at least currently). - Jenn
Yes, these are contenders for sure! 😊 Rose is the best!!!
I have three backup they are all loves and discontinued. Got them at great prices.
That sounds like a reasonable number! Love that for you. 💕💕💕
The Mon Parfum Crystal notes sound yum, especially for the colder months. The little baby in it’s’ little silk pillow😂🤣too cute! I just spent forever in Myers (teenage son in tow)searching for a frag for Spring here in Australia, wanting an everdayer that was an allrounder ,anyway after spraying a wad of cards and all wrists and arms ,coffee sniffing🙄 probably twenty I went away and decided on none of them but ended up trying and buying the new Dior Parfum it’s different from the original but it is soft and feminine so I just settled! 30ml 👶 so good testing size!
Anyway I would loooove to have back ups of my fav’s but atm finances doesnt really permit!Man I could go to town on frags like you did if I was let loose! Gung ho? As you say😂I love perfumes! PS:KEEP THE DELINA🎀💗she’s lovely and the way these house chop and change I’m sure you won’t regret keeping it! Stash her away. For a future investment or treat!💞
Loving your videos🕊💗🌸keep us updated in your sweet, feminine bubble, its a pleasure watching💕
What a wonderful comment Nora ☺️ I’ve heard it’s better to smell bare skin Vs coffee to clear your pallet but it sounds like you didn’t have any bare skin left! Enjoy your new bottle and thank you so much for your kind words 💕💕💕
@@LauraSparkles_ 😂🤣haha yes you are right about that! And it sure wouldnt be fitting me sniffing myself where I didnt spray if that would be at all physically possible for me😂Anyway I wasn’t aware of that! Bare skin above coffee! Interesting 🧐 Thanks for the compliment! I am enjoying the new Miss Dior although she is quite shy but seems to bloom when I’m outdoors walking the dog!🐩 Please let us know what you decided with the Delina! I bought the hand cream to get an idea of the scent it is beautiful! God bless you Laura🙏🎀🌸🕊🤍
Sell it! How much would you sell it for ?
Haaa, which one?
Every time I watch your videos I want to run out and buy more perfume 😊
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Just discovered you and am binging your videos. I too am in the purging/curating phase. I have backup bottles of 14 fragrances; of those, 10 are discontinued. That’s mainly why I backup. Are you really paranoid, if it turns out to be true? lol
Haaaa! I completely understand 💕 Thanks for your comment and happy to have you here 😘
This is one that I really want ❤
Delina exclusif ❤
She’s a beauty 💕
Well you could sell it to me! 😊
Do you sell the back ups? Would love to try some of these
I do - getting ready to post them on Mercari someday soon…got the photos done today anyhow!
I love Valentino💖 I entered the giveaway 💖
So good! 💕 Yay, good luck
Keep the delima. If u gonna use it anyway~
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Rose Goddess🥀🥀
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If it causes you stress to get rid of a perfume I wouldn’t get rid of it yet.
This video was challenging to finish - very confronting. For me I could see the difference between the stress caused by the literal addiction I was facing vs my dream collection and what I am creating instead…aka there were some demons to work through! I try to be as honest as possible and show all of my emotions on this declutter journey since (to the best of my knowledge) we don’t have a Perfume Addicts Anonymous. Always love seeing you here and so enjoy your comments! 😘
I have 3 bottles of Tom Ford orchid soleil and 1 soleil blanc. And 1 Alexandre J. Zafeer Oud Vanille.🤍
Seems like a reasonable number especially since Orchid Soleil is discontinued. 💕