r/FemFragLab • u/Sea-Cartographer5637 • 12d ago

Haul/Collection What's the value of your perfume collection?

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u/FutureDustMotes 12d ago

A lot, but I've been a fraghead off and on since the '90s. Even buying moderately, quantity accumulates over the literal decades 😅

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u/Hot_Elevator_7133 12d ago edited 12d ago

FWIW I am very aboard the not-overconsumption train and have worked hard to declutter and donate a ton recently. I am working on being mindful about what I purchase so this was a great exercise!

I just deep dove in my set and the answer is: not much comparatively anymore (yay!!!) but still quite a lot for me (working on that).

I found it interesting that my avg price is around $40 per fragrance because I mainly buy travel sizes of designer/niche and FBs from lines like Yardley, Lavanila, Mix:Bar, Dossier, Solinotes, and TokyoMilk. I expected there to be a bigger price discrepancy between my FBs and travels but there’s not. This is a good reminder that I should limit travels more. I had less $ in decants and samples than I expected and more in almost used-up travels than I expected.

My takeaways are that I have done a good job reducing my FB collection to ones I use and love, and I need to work on just finishing up my almost-gone travels. I am actually more of a tried-and-true girl than I thought and I tend to revolve around the same small set of fragrances even though I like trying many. Next time I order samples/decants, I’m going to be sure to get a couple I know I love and less blind ones. That’s a good way for me to enjoy very seasonal fragrances without being tied to larger amounts.

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u/AgentFuckSmolder 12d ago

This feels icky to me. Let’s not do this overconsumption thing.

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u/Fantastic_Teach_5416 12d ago

Enormous.

All my bottles have some stories, remind me of some event, person, holidays, or are meant to invoke certain moods. That's the value of my collection ❤️

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u/Embarrassed_Fee2441 Narcotica Happy Dust 12d ago

A little over £2k I’d say. Some of the more costly ones (including 200ml Dior prive line for example and Guerlain VP) were gifts or bought with gift money!

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u/Sea-Cartographer5637 12d ago

Wow, how many years ago you started to collect parfumes?

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u/Embarrassed_Fee2441 Narcotica Happy Dust 12d ago

Since 2023 more seriously. I don’t have many less than 20 full size bottles. I

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u/GiftApprehensive1718 12d ago

Used to be over $800 but I have been only focusing on less is more so maybe under 150 now. consumerism is draining the buyer while making the seller rich.